Got a new radiator, heres the procedure. Turn the car on, heat on high, fill the radiator with about 1/4 gallon water/coolent. Leave cap off, turn heat off. I let the car idle for about 3minutes or so, then I filled up the radiator, left the cap off for another few minutes while idling. Then put the cap on and turned car off. Is this the correct procedure? Im prolly over worrying but I dont want anything to happen to my motor.

 

after filling it up put the cap back on and loose the bleeder valve to make sure all the air is out of the system

 

the top hose gets hot, that is a bad sign isnt it? I think i need to bleed the system like you said, but where is teh bleeder valve?