Does anyone know where the air bleeder valve on the 2007 Honda Fit is located?

 

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There is one on each wheel.

 

Cooling system or brakes Uni

 

sorry guys, the one for the cooling system. I probably didn't look hard enough, but I thought I could save the headache by asking.

 

There is no air bleeder valve for the cooling system. The cooling system expels any air when the engine and coolant heats up under normal driving into the the over flow bottle. Then on cooling down is sucks in coolant from the bottle to replace the air.

If you think there is air in the system, check the overflow bottle first. If it is at a normal level then you should be OK. If you are still paranoid, WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, open the radiator cap and see if it also is full. If it is not full then you have a bad radiator cap or bad or loose hose between the radiator and the overflow bottle.

 

In case it's a radiator cap gone bad, take note of the pressure rating. Most stock Honda radiator caps, same as the Fit's, are rated for 1.1 bar (15-16 psi) - don't replace it with anything rated lower.

 

Thanks!
The reason I asked is because I have to replace my coolant after draining it (plan on replacing the water pump). I bought the 2007 Honda Fit repair manual, and it says to bleed the air with the valve open, and to see instructions on another page. However, the other page does not mention anything about a bleeder valve, which is probably why I had a hard time finding one. I guess I just have to fill the radiator, run the car for a bit until bubbles stop producing, and then fill up the overflow?

 

Yep that's probably all you have to do. I referred to the GD Fit/Jazz Electronic Shop Manual - you can find a copy of this floating around online. For your L15A engine all you need to do is drain the old coolant, fill the radiator back up, run the engine a bit, then keep adding coolant to the radiator and reserve tank if needed.

Funny thing is, though, the page on water pump replacement also referred to that non-existent bleeder valve!

 

I wonder what they were talking about when they referenced that valve. I also wonder if it was something lost in translation of an existing manual to English.

 

You guys are crazy. There is an air bleed bolt on the front of the engine block.

I'm not going to bother scanning the diagram that shows its location though, because it's pretty much impossible to get at unless you're going to remove a bunch of crap just to bleed the air. I tried using all kinds of tools to reach it, but nothing worked.

It's easier to just let it gradually bleed itself via the overflow.

 

I'll defer to your experience. I have never seen it myself and probably will never use it. I'll look the next I'm doing something in that area.

 

Just let it burp with the radiator cap off , just wait for the fans to turn on then put the cap back on and your good

 

We've never seen it here either and the shop manual has no mention of bleeding air from coolant system after refiiling or topping off. Considering the number of coolant refills - we assist a body shop - we,ve done we've never had a problem. I wonder where the info about an air bleeder is coming from - perhaps an older Cvic?

 

My mistake guys, I was talking about the coolant drain bolt.

 

Yep, this is the closest I've seen to anything relating to bleeding air out of the cooling system on the Electronic Shop Manual.

Mahout - Maybe the writers of the shop manual were referring to the 2001-2005 ES Civic? The first GD Fits/Jazzes were introduced in Europe and Japan around the same year. No way to know for sure I guess.

 

Thanks type 100 for getting my back