AIR IN SYSTEM Replaced RADIATOR and THERMOSTAT

[juicehustlin]

So I noticed that my radiator was leaking coolant the other day, so I immediately stopped driving my car and replaced the radiator and thermostat over the weekend. My car is now overheating once it warms up, and I touch the lower bottom hose and it is cool to a touch. So the thermostat is not opening up, and I'm thinking it is because I am not bleeding the system right. How do I bleed the system with the bleeder valve? Do I just leave it open while the engine is running and the radiator cap on, until it starts streaming out coolant with no bubbles?

[Ilya]

Welcome to the forum.

Check this thread, I think it has the info you need:

post6685736.html?hilit=bleed%20coolant#p6685600

[juicehustlin]

Welcome to the forum.

Check this thread, I think it has the info you need:

post6685736.html?hilit=bleed%20coolant#p6685600

Glad to be here! Thank you so much! Will try this this weekend, and report back hopefully good results! Thanks again

[juicehustlin]

So, did the steps and now i'm seeing coolant dripping out the exhaust right where the catalytic converter connects. What could this be? Any help is appreciated

[Ilya]

The front of the cat or the back? If it's the front, it might just have come out of the line at the back of the motor where I believe the breather is and run down the pipe? I wouldn't think it would be IN your exhaust.

[juicehustlin]

Front of the cat. I'm hoping so, I pray it's not a blown head gasket