Alfissimo link to purchase, I'll get this right now!

 

Stainless Steel coolant Bleed screw replacement kit- Giulia/Stelvio 2.9L/2.0L/1.8L

Stainless Steel coolant Bleed screw replacement kit- Alfa Romeo Giulia/Stelvio 2.9L/2.0L/1.8L -Alfissimo International

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i believe this is the bleeding plug. was going to order one for myself as well

 

why the 2nd account? Do you need assistance?

 

Hello JeFizz
Does this look like the usual front bleeder screw?

 

 

Many thanks! I’ll sleep tonight.

 

Mine will be here Thursday. I will sleep better knowing I have these!

 

Can someone please post an installation video? The front bleeding screw looks pretty straight forward but I'm not even able to find the one near the firewall. How are you getting to that one?

 

Altissimo aluminum plugs (2) replace the two plastic plugs, both located back by the firewall. The smaller bleeder screw located up in front of the turbo also gets brittle and breaks (ask me how I know). This bleeder can be simply eliminated by removing the clamp in front of the bleeder screw and then remove the clamp connecting the short rubber hose to the turbo pipe. Then reconnect the longer hose to the turbo pipe. Zero cost. Or you can pay Alfa $100 for a new updated hose assembly that effectively does the same thing. Warranty will cover this new hose assembly, but (drumroll) bleeder screw must fail first. Cleaning up the orange coolant from your engine bay is no fun (ask me how I know). Thanks Alfissimo !!!

 

I have mine coming this Thursday. I’ve also noticed that the two screws are against the fire wall. One is a bit more accessible under an exhaust probe (?). The other is a little closer to the positive charging post. This is naturally all speculation, until I change them, hopefullly this weekend.

 

ordered mine as well. for the Quad there is only 1?

 

So when replacing these on the 2.0L does a lot of coolant spill out? Or is it just a simple: unscrew old plastic screw, remove old O-ring, install new O-ring, screw in new metal screw?

 

a little bit, but nothing to be concerned over.

 

Is this issue still a thing on the 24 and 25 facelifts or did Alfa address these issues?

 

Yes, nothing has changed. New bleed screws coming. M6 bleed screw available for 2.0.L this is the one that goes the most.

 

Can anyone confirm which bleeder screw, if any, belongs to the LT system? Based on the diagram below, neither is part of that system.

 

Can anyone confirm which bleeder screw, if any, belongs to the LT system? Based on the diagram below, neither is part of that system.

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HT is behind the turbo, LT only has a bleeder on older model years.

 

Thanks all...about how many miles / months would you recommend this to be replaced?

 

Immediately. It's shit plastic that gets brittle and then snaps leaving the threaded shaft in the hole.

 

@JeFizz is correct. I recently chatted with my Dealer tech. He said he won't touch the bleeders on the hoses or the rads. He slightly overfills the reservoirs and runs it until the oil heats up, comes back the next day and tops em up. Done.

 

I'll come over and do it. I work for pizza and beer...