What happened to my bleeding nipple ?????? Please help

[11gothevt11]

Hi there
I got a pressure check done on the weekend
Trace down 3 tiny water leaks in 2 heater hose's and top radiator hose
So i fitted them all
Then i opened up the radiator cap
Undone the bleed screw
Started toping in up
It got to 90 degress but(i have 82 degrees thermosat)
I am not getting anything out of bleeding screw only air
I press the top readitor hose only hear air coming out
Little bit of water but its mostly air
I looked around no other water leaking
Can someone please share some light on this??????????

Please any comments Welcome

Thanks in advance

[kniever]

filled it up enough? have you got the car running with the heater on while you are filling it? all i can think of is you havent put in enough coolant

[11gothevt11]

filled it up enough? have you got the car running with the heater on while you are filling it? all i can think of is you havent put in enough coolant

Sorry forgot to mention
When i was filling it up heater was on full
Water was going to the top of radiator
But only air out of bleeder srew...tiny bit of water

[kniever]

mate it could be a faulty thermostat, easiest way to tell is take it out and put it in a pot with boiling water and see if it opens, if not then get a new one

[11gothevt11]

mate it could be a faulty thermostat, easiest way to tell is take it out and put it in a pot with boiling water and see if it opens, if not then get a new one

thanks for the tip
I installed the thermosat last week 82 degrees
But i have heard on jc that new thermosats can be faulty from new
So i will make sure i test it
Thankyou

[wamboin23]

need to make the radiator filler neck higher than the nipple, use a bottle with the bottom cut off, stuck in the neck.

[pablo]

OR, park with the left side of car up on gutter edge to get the radiator filler cap higher than bleed nipple.

[delcowizzid]

or just do it properly fill radiator while cold put cap on start car heater on hot let cooling system heat up and pressurise then undue bleeder and wait for the air to turn to water tighten bleeder and your done recheck bleeder next time it has heat cycled