urgent help! Cooling system problems. Options

[KaneO]

I recently had my Celica with a 5sfe taken in to get a new radiator. problem being now is i think there is air traped inside. Tried Numerous times to bleed it.. what happens is when i take the car for a long drive and shut it down it dumps about a litter of coolant out the expansion tank and it also dose sometimes when the car is running.. Temp is normal according to the gauge and the car runs fine otherwise. I've taken it back to the mechanics and they failed to fix the problem. What's worse is i had plans to go on holidays and drive this car there. witch is less than a week away!

My bleeding procedure is the following so correct me if Im wrong.

Turn the heater to full hot. (fans off). Start the car with the rad cap off. using a small funnel wedged in there i top off the radiator. I then rev the car as it seems to help purge the air out. Wait for the bubbles to stop and shut the car off and refit the rad cap.

please help.

[trdproven]

^ yea if you use a funnel method for example and fill it, and the bubbles never stop, especially when you rev and the bubbles go crazy, its a symptom of a blown headgasket. but mixed oil and coolant is also a sign and crazy smoke. What I did to bleed was heater to hot, and waited for the bubbles to stop, took a while but it did.

but for everyone dont turn on your fans while its set to hot, you can destroy your expansion valve for your AC.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 24, 2012 - 6:24 PM