Having replaced a split hose on our Freda, I've followed the instructions for bleeding, it works fine for the first cycle of 2,500rpm for 3 mins then 1 min idle but on the second the water in the funnel attached to the bleed point seems to boil.

The process I followed was:
fill rad, replace cap ...

That's great thanks! Will give them a call.

We've suffered the dreaded head gasket failure on our Freda but are having trouble finding someone who knows about Bongos to fix it.

Doers anyone have any recommendations for somewhere not a million miles from Oxford? Or for somewhere with a recovery service willing to pick it up?

thanks in advance