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Thermostatic ones are never fully closed, they have a slight bypass otherwise you'd have a dump of cold oil going in when the stat opens up.
Fill the cooler with oil before nipping the lines up and crank engine over with injectors disconnected.
I think coolant is constantly flowing through them mate, so having heaters on full is not really needed (although good to know it's getting hot).
Heat in the cabin will be done by the blend flap.
Just the one bleed screw on mk2, on the thermostat housing.
Fill coolant bottle until a steady stream comes out. Then run the car until low stage fan kicks in (have AC off otherwise it'll be on from the start).