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Cooling System Filling

To fill the cooling system, ensure all hoses and clips are in good condition and tight. Use an antifreeze mixture year-round to prevent corrosion. Remove the expansion tank cap and open all bleed screws. Use a "header tank" fitted to the expansion tank to slowly fill the system and reduce trapped air as coolant emerges from each bleed screw from lowest to highest. Once all bleed screws are tight, remove the header tank and refit the expansion tank cap. Start and run the engine to circulate coolant before checking the level.

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Cooling System Filling

To fill the cooling system, ensure all hoses and clips are in good condition and tight. Use an antifreeze mixture year-round to prevent corrosion. Remove the expansion tank cap and open all bleed screws. Use a "header tank" fitted to the expansion tank to slowly fill the system and reduce trapped air as coolant emerges from each bleed screw from lowest to highest. Once all bleed screws are tight, remove the header tank and refit the expansion tank cap. Start and run the engine to circulate coolant before checking the level.

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Cooling system filling

19 Before attempting to fill the cooling system, make sure that all hoses and clips are in good condition, and that the clips are
tight.
Note that an antifreeze mixture must be used all year round, to prevent corrosion of the engine components (see following sub-
Section). Also check that the radiator and cylinder block drain plugs, as applicable, are in place and tight.
20 Remove the expansion tank cap.
21 Open all the cooling system bleed screws (see paragraph 4).
22 Some of the cooling system hoses are positioned at a higher level than the top of the radiator expansion tank. It is therefore
necessary to use a “header tank” when refilling the cooling system, to reduce the possibility of air being trapped in the system.
Although Peugeot dealers use a special header tank, the same effect can be achieved by using a suitable bottle, with a seal
between the bottle and the expansion tank (see illustration and Haynes Hint).
23 Fit the “header tank” to the expansion tank and slowly fill the system. Coolant will emerge from each of the bleed screws in
turn,
starting with the lowest screw. As soon as coolant free from air bubbles emerges from the lowest screw, tighten that screw, and
watch the next bleed screw in the system.
Repeat the procedure until the coolant is emerging from the highest bleed screw in the cooling system and all bleed screws are
securely tightened. Keep the “header tank” full during this procedure.

24 Once all the bleed screws are securely tightened, remove the “header tank” and refit the expansion tank cap.
25 Start the engine, and run it at 1500 rpm. Maintain this engine speed until the radiator cooling fan has cut in and out three
times.
26 Allow the engine to run at idle speed for a few minutes.
27 Stop the engine, and wait for at least ten minutes.
28 Place a large wad of rag around the expansion tank cap, and around your hand, then carefully remove the expansion tank
cap.
Turn the cap anti-clockwise until it reaches the first stop. Wait until any pressure remaining in the system is released, then push
the cap down, turn it anti-clockwise to the second stop, and lift it off.

29 Check the coolant level, and if necessary top-up the expansion tank to just above the “MAXI” level mark (see “Weekly
checks”).
30 Refit the expansion tank cap.

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