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Default Jammed radiator bleed valve


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Need to bleed a double radiator, installed July 2000. The front bleeder
is fine, but the rear one is rock solid. Tried WD40, though I use a brass
key it has rounded the valve head before turning. Tried tapping with a
hammer, also managed to cut a rather poor slot in it but still can't
shift it. The big problem is having so little room to work between the
two panels. any ideas please, all welcomed? At the moment it is starting
to look as though I will have to replace an otherwise perfectly good
radiator.


Is the bleed valve in a larger plug / bung?


Put some Coppaslip on the new ones thread to avoid it happening again.