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Your temp differences are not a worry. The warmer weather could be changing the resistance of the wire altering the readout ever so slightly. I dont those temp gauges would be that accurate.
As for bleeding these systems they are dead simple compared to the earlier ones. Fill the rad. The fill the header tank. Take for a quick drve and top up if required.