hey so never mind the previous posts about the coolant flange. I got that taken care of.

now I have the whole car put back together but the issue I am having now is that the bleeder valve in front stripped and the sad part is that I didn't even go hard on it. I did some research but I did not find anything concrete. is there an alternative to bleeding the system? also what I did was jack the front of the car up a bit and slipped a pan underneath and just let the coolant fall into that once I pried the coolant flange off the block. by any chance would I still have coolant at the bottom of the block and radiator since I really didn't open any drain valves?

I swear I can taste victory.

thanks so much

2001 Audi A6 Avant 2.8 quattro 184,550 miles