cooling bleed screw

[Alerxt]

I have a slight leak coming from the cooling system bleed screw at the moment . I have called the dealers about whether its available seperately and guess what NO IT ISN'T!!! . I'll have to buy the whole pipe £121 .
Just wondered if anyone has replaced the valve with a bolt or something more sturdier than that stupid plastic screw ?
thank you in advance .

[Critch]

Can you not ptfe on it and see if it stops the leak?

[mattv6diesel]

Take it out and fit a short bolt matching thread size

[vekky c]

i wrung the head on mine when i was having trouble with the car boiling over and i got a bolt to fit it about 9 months ago ,at the time i said it will do for a week and its still there ,just make sure the threads are the same and maybe a small bit of plumbers tape,the only down fall with a bolt is you cant really bleed the system of air without fully loosening the bolt,alright when cold but not alright when 80 degrees

[Chuff]

mine is seeping too, left it alone for the very reason of not being able to get the bleed screw seperatley

[john506]

PTFE or Loctite String!

[Alerxt]

Thanks guys for the replies . would you believe i've just checked it and no water coming out but i would still like to replace it as its not tightening up just going round and round seems a stupid idea a bit like plastic dipsticks lol

[Alerxt]

i wrung the head on mine when i was having trouble with the car boiling over and i got a bolt to fit it about 9 months ago ,at the time i said it will do for a week and its still there ,just make sure the threads are the same and maybe a small bit of plumbers tape,the only down fall with a bolt is you cant really bleed the system of air without fully loosening the bolt,alright when cold but not alright when 80 degrees

any idea what size that bolt is ?

[vekky c]

any idea what size that bolt is ?

sorry mate not a clue had a bucket of old bolts beside me just kept trying different ones

[Alerxt]

sorry mate not a clue had a bucket of old bolts beside me just kept trying different ones

my bucket of bolts is sitting on the drive lol