Ok chaps i have 2 issues.
After taking half my car apart for a tidy up, i have come across 2 problems after i rebuilt it all.

firstly the car wont bleed its self (radiator).
Carl chambers had this issue with it when he rebuilt the top end. He used an air pressured pump to get the water circulating, then bled the system.
It was fine before and was fine after, never getting above 110 even in the summer.

Now i have not got this pump but i do now have a black ring round my mouth where i have given the rad a face full of me. I managed to get water squirting out of the top rad bleed point, then closed it off.
Then got water coming through the thermostat, then closed it off. Same again on the top bleep point.

Now the car does not seem to be getting hot but there is alot of steam coming off the rad and its extremly hot. Worried that its going to blow up. Temp gauge seems to be hovering around 70. I dare not try and get it higher for fear of the rad going bang.

Secondly i repainted my fuel rail, now re seating the injectors was not an issue but i cant get the fuel pressure regulator thing to seal. It keeps p**sing fuel. Even had it in a g clamp but it still wont pop in. Any suggestions??
At the momment the g clamp is holding it there while i started the car up top bleed the rad.
The seals on it are fine and i gave them some wd-40 to help ease it in but the bugger just wont seal.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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***Breaking*** Ph3 Silver GTI 6 High Boost

Good idea. With the engine running yes?? Just a bit scared that the rad will blow up and destroy my beautiful face

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***Breaking*** Ph3 Silver GTI 6 High Boost

Haven't found a faster way yet!

Although that wasn't the tube I wanted you to blow

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That's not a bad shout Carl.

I've never had a problem with bleeding, however most seem to prefer the 'make you're own header tank method' with a plastic bottle.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

I must have been really lucky in my time of doing work on '6's...

All of them bled up no problems, although it's always good to know other methods of doing it should you come up against a stubborn one.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

Well i ended up putting the red cap on and blowing down the small overflow pipe near the cap with the bleed points open.

Seems fine now.
Thank you everyone for the suggestions.

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***Breaking*** Ph3 Silver GTI 6 High Boost

Some good tips here. Could we add these to the rad change FAQ? Maybe in a "Rad bleeding hints" paragraph.

Drove car 70 miles yesterday and temps were rock steady at 70-80 deg. So it seems it all worked.

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Cherry Rallye SOLD

Done.

Look here: Clicky

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone