Replacing the resistor pack....part 2....coolant bleeding??

[CardShark]

Ok. So I've eventually found the time to start re-assembling my car after replacing the heater resistor pack, the fan blower has gone back in along with the heater box and I've re-attached the electrical connectors and the 2 hoses (the whole lot came out, could have done the job with everything in situ according to some sources but anyway...) Before bolting everything else on I topped up the expansion tank a little (I lost some fluid taking the heater box out) and started the engine up with a view to bleed any air out the coolant system and generally check that water was flowing where it should. Now, I used TechWiki as guide for the bleeding and I *think* that I've done it properly, the problem is that whilst the rad hoses and rad are getting hot the heater box hoses aren't so I'm not getting any hot air from the blower. Wiki kind of says that the heater box hoses should have hot fluid flowing through them before the rad hoses, yet this doesn't seem to be happening on mine. Also, the fluid level in the expansion tank is slightly below the min mark when cold but good centimeter above the max when the temp is reading +100deg and the rad fan is on.

Any advice on this would be welcome no matter how simple or, if you pardon the pun, bleedin' obvious - I know that this isn't typical Elise weather but I REALLY want to go for a blast.

[CardShark]

05 plate 111s without (thank God) air-con.......

[Justin S]

did you fill the matrix with coolant before you put the hoses on? This may cause an airlock if not. I would from cold, undo one pipe and start the engine, as it should be getting flow from cold. Then just connect up and try that.