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• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:53:15 -0400
  ...The bleeder valve on our 85 does NOT vent outside the system. Opening the valve provides a passage from the two big hoses to...
• Re: on rear heaters, bubbles and valves
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 May 2002 21:42:44 -0400
  ...and discovered my heater has no valve lever at the valve... just a Philip's screw where it should have been. There was no...
• Re: Break job questions
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:22:17 -0700
  ...on the bleeders well in advance of the job & do it regularly, you really don't want to break a bleeder valve. Rob vwrobb...
• vanagon bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:11:49 -0500
  ...Warm up till tstat opens then crack the bleeder valve on the radiator until fluid comes out and no bubbles, i let it run...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:16:07 +0000
  ...Blam! Bleeder valve destruction > >>> > >>> Hi listers, > >>> > >>> So, Still working on doing my own radiator change out. > >>> > >>> New undamaged one now in the van.  This...
• RE: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:39:30 -0700
  ...5) The current inconveniently accessable bleeder valve for the radiator's top discourages frequent checks. An extending tube leading to another as high or...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:44:10 -0400
  ...crack open the bleeder screw Go to the back of the van and remove the engine cover. Open the coolant pressure tank with the...
• Re: Coolant Bleeder Link Under Engine Cover
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:29:13 -0500
  ...of the engine cover and >> connects the coolant system to the bleeder valve at the back of the engine >> compartment. I've seen a...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:54:01 -0500
  ...Have helper top off the reservoir Have helper pump brake pedal while you bleed each bleeder valve at the brake into the clear bottle...
• Continued Coolant Grief
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:46:50 -0400
  ...I'm getting impatient so I start playing with the bleeder valve. I open and then close it snugly (nothing comes out no air...
• Re: How do I determine the brand of my calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:48:13 -0600
  ...The right front will not bleed > >> correctly, it's as if there's some stoppage in front of the bleeder > >> valve. My brother and...
• Re: No coolant traffic
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:52:19 -0800
  ...to the pressure tank.� I installed a new cap and still nothing.� The bleeder valve on the thermostat is closed. What gives?� Anyone? Zoltan
• Dave's brakes
  Historical mailing list - sean bartnik
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:18:49 -0400
  ...If, no matter how much you bleed, you still get bubbles coming out from the bleeder valve, look at master cylinder or look for...
• propane terms -- getting it right
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:14:48 -0700
  ...And the little bleeder value higher on the tank replaced with a finger-tighten type. So . . . what is the proper name for that little...
• Re: Coolant top up
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 06:41:33 -0700
  ...david - you said originally that you didn't want to open the radiator bleeder - why not? i can do it without even taking the...
• Re: Whiff of propane - found it, now what?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:57:42 -0700
  ...Could the autostop valve be the source of my propane whiffs? I have a >> manual fill valve and a manual bleeder valve on hand...
• Re: Air in Brake Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 08:09:07 -0700
  ...b) Open bleeder / depress brake pedal / close bleeder / slowly release brake pedal. Repeat ... I do believe that pressure bleeders and other such aids offer...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Mar 2023 15:05:11 +0000
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• Diesel cooling woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 11:56:16 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I then parked it on the incline in my driveway (@ 35 degree angle) and opened the bleeder valve. Nothing came out. No coolant no...
• Hot 84
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Emrick
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 21:02:42 -0400
  ...I thought I may have a plugged radiator but coolant came out of the radiator from the bleeder valve with a slight pump. Does...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:44:13 -0600
  ...This afternoon it ended up >> looking pretty normal after intitially pegging and flashing. >> 4) Couldn't find the bleeder valve in the engine compartment...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Installation Q:'s
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 11 May 2002 15:59:14 -0600
  FWIW, you don't need to go under the van to get to the slave bleeder valve. It's accessible up top, and your...
• Re: Where's my coolant fluid going?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:19:26 -0500
  Wanted to say this earlier, but check to make sure the radiator bleeder valve is closed. Sorry, cheeseburger and fries and some good music...
• Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:51:21 -0400
  ...After all was done, (and I was done shooting gas out the bleeder valve when bleeding FI. D-oh!), she fired right up. The...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:07:19 -0800
  ...This afternoon it > ended up > looking pretty normal after intitially pegging and > flashing. > 4)� ���Couldn't find the bleeder valve > in the engine compartment...
• Re: Question #2 - clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:25:13 -0700
  On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, KENWILFY wrote: > So shouldn't he open the bleeder valve, depress the clutch, shut the bleeder > and then when...
• Re: Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:06:48 -0700
  ...a bleeder valve on the radiator up front on the bottom, I >sure as hec cannot find it. There is a bleeder on the...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:44:22 -0500
  ...3) Opened bleeder valve on new radiator; took cap off expansion tank. 4) Filled expansion tank with water (it was pretty low). If you...
• Re: Propane Tank question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 4 Oct 2012 16:21:36 -0400
  ...Oh well. > > And I have gotten away with not purging a couple tanks I replaced valves > on, but I assume after several empty/fill...
• Re: Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 May 2024 09:30:47 -0400
  ...HF jack. > > I found a few videos that discussed opening the bleeder valves and with jack in drop position pump handle 10 or so...
• Hi-jacked link Coolant hose info
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:00:15 +0000
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts! Hi Bruce, I thought one of the new tanks now had a inspection window...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:56:36 -0500
  Put a Kennedy Engineering bleeder valve on top of radiator and connect outlet to a water-trap made of flexible plastic tubing and a...
• Re: Need help with propane filling! Can the fill valve stick?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:48:16 -0500
  ...When I query them about the > current > valve vs. a manual one, they all claimed to have knowledge on "open > the > bleeder, fill till...
• Re: Help! Changing coolant of 91 Westy...
  Historical mailing list - james v
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:05:29 -0700
  ...While still reving, close the bleeder valve and cap the expansion tank. If, after it's warm, you let off the revs, it will...
• Re: propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - David O'Shea
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:10:45 -0700
  ...Underneath that blue plastic cover of the valve I thought was a pressure release valve. I recently had a fill up, and have not...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:02:05 -0700
  ...There is a bleeder valve coming off a > hose at the top back of my motor. I open that and boy, talk about steam...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:18:41 -0400
  ...I do not know why the bleeder valve could not ccomplish the same. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:46:52 -0400
  ...Bleeder valve looks good as does the fill valve but I noticed > that the rubber gasket in the inside end has a small gap...
• Re: Rear heater leaking
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 5 May 1999 08:02:26 -0700
  ...I tried turning the > > >on-off valve, but that did not cure the leak. But > > >I'll probably just get the new heat valve...
• Re: Antifreeze Enema
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:40:24 -0500
  ...Here is my intended >method; (1) Make temp filler cap from spare pressure cap by removing >valvery. >Install this on expansion tank. Attach length...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:24:24 -0700
  ...I assume I bleed it all out, then refill the reservoir,pumping until I get fluid out the valve again. Anything else to it...
• Re: Vancouver BC Propane Fill-up
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:25:09 -0700
  ...the bleeder screw all the way. Should take $3-4 worth for a fill. The valve is a standard auto propane valve, but angled...
• Re: Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:51:56 -0700
  ...Bleeding the system > through the front bleeder valve is a bit of a PITA. Since air will always migrate to a high location... I...
• Re: Leaky Clutch Slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:35:49 +0000
  ...My clutch slave cylinder appears to be leaking from around the bleeder valve. > Has anyone tried to put that teflon tape on the threads...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:18:30 -0800
  ...Pre-mixing will make it easier to > keep proper ratio. > > 3) Open thermostat bypass valve and valves to both heater cores. > > 4) Fill main...
• Re: LP tank refurb
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:08:26 -0600
  ...When that tank is empty, > I'll put new filler/bleeder valves on it. > > I did not put any shutoff valves in the line...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:45:29 -0700
  ...Check that your bleeder valves are in good condition, that you have a good fit on the tubing that takes the bled fluid out...
• Re: Coolant priming question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:35:42 -0500
  ...3) Open thermostat bypass valve and valves to both heater cores. 4) Fill main reservoir as much as possible. Allow time for as much...
• Re: Fuel Expansion Tank: Cracks, Grommet. PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:03:35 -0700
  ...I don't see that bleeder valve coming loose any time soon but new part is on order. Neil. On 3/10/14, Neil...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:50:04 -0500
  ...There is a bleeder valve coming off a > hose at the top back of my motor. I open that and boy, talk about steam...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:58:32 -0500
  ...to hook up an electric pump of some sort to the bleeder valve on the radiator, turn it on, and then while someone keeps...
• Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:11:48 -0400
  ...through? Would a Mityvac vacuum type system work for the clutch bleeder >valve? And does the Mityvac work better for the brake side of...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:22:12 -0400
  ...Bleeder valve looks good as does the fill valve but I noticed that the rubber gasket in the inside end has a small gap...
• was "..Air prevents fan? - AIR BLEED PROCEDURE
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Tue, 20 May 2003 22:58:50 EDT
  ...Open both heater valves. Open t-stat bypass valve. Remove pressure cap Fill main bottle; keep filling...if level goes down, block is filling...
• Re: Q Re: bleeding thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 03:00:56 -0700
  is it becuase you can't open this valve... also, have you burped the system... its best to check the reserve tank several times...
• Whiff of propane
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:07:15 -0700
  ...Could the autostop valve be the source of my propane whiffs? I have a manual fill valve and a manual bleeder valve on hand...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 19:33:15 -0500
  ...The gasket between the valve and core sometimes is a problem and you need to be careful not to over tighten-crack the bleeder...
• Re: Propane Service Valve
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:50:49 -0700
  ...http://www.protanksupply.com/valvesdetail.asp?sku=6012 I can also say after completely rejuvenating my propane tank, replacing fill valve's bleeder valve...
• Challenge may be almost over!
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:41:27 -0700
  ...list! So any ideas on how to fix the heater exchanger bleeder valve without replacing the whole unit? Or is this the wise move...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing hints
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:53:42 -0700
  ...once the big parts were back in place, I opened the bleeder valve > while I finished torquing everything... > Nice to have no more nasty...