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• Westy Propane tank---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 26 May 2002 00:38:41 -0500
  ...take the bleeder line off the tank and heard--- Hisssssss--- Hmm----must have gas in this darn thing---- I opened the valve, and nothing...
• Re: Break job questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:06:39 -0400
  ...on the bleeders well in advance of the job & do it regularly, you really don't want to break a bleeder valve. >> >> Rob >> vwrobb...
• Re: Coolant top up
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 22:54:07 -0600
  The most important bleeder is the 1 on the Radiator ~ you need to be getting BubbleFreeFluid coming out of there before you close it...
• 85 1.9L Water Pump Installation
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:58:37 -0700
  ...I'm changing several of the hoses while I'm I there, except the long ones going to the bleeder valve. These are still...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:52:36 -0400
  No, back to the bleeder, My clever friend took the actual bleeder apart and found two o rings to replace the broken ones. I...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:49:50 -0400
  Now, back to the bleeder, My clever friend took the actual bleeder apart and found two o rings to replace the broken ones. I...
• Re: Constant improvement
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:47:58 -0700
  ...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: DIY $20 Brake Bleeder-Link to .pdf
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:55:07 -0700
  ...Buy one of the valve stems that comes with a metal slotted cap to loosen the valve stem seal. This should cost less than...
• '84 VW Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:39:33 -0400
  ...And yes I opened the heater valve and turned the heat all the way up as recommended. Any ideas?
• Re: Fuel pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:32:06 -0800
  Al and Sue Brase wrote: > I'm a little puzzzled as to why you need a schrader valve to bleed the > fuel line.The...
• Re: '86 Westfalia front brakes
  Historical mailing list - mike and becky
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:19:34 -0400
  ...t budge. > Decided to open the bleeder valve to reduce the pressure and nothing happened. > Took the valve out completely and still nothing. When...
• 1987 Syncro Cooling Issue
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sat, 3 May 2014 10:06:42 -0700
  ...I have a bleeder valve on the radiator, with a tube into a jug of water. The system doesn't push air out, just...
• Re: 85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:40:24 -0400
  ...What about the plastic >part where hoses come together on the back of the engine compartment >(bleeder valve in it ) does this need to...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:59:54 -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: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Sep 2010 22:07:00 -0400
  ...And it makes a restricted bleeder connection with a shutoff valve from I forget where to I forget which one of the hoses. Might...
• Re: Coolant pipe connection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:25:03 -0700
  ...said, "From the bleeder valve to the metal pipe" I thought he > was talking about that small hose from the bleeder on the big...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 6 Oct 2023 17:49:08 +0000
  ...Started the engine and opened the bleeder valve on the radiator. Immediately started dribbling fluid, no sign of air. Ran up the engine, came...
• flushing cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:40:50 -0500
  ...the Bentley book for an 86 westy.I have found the bleeder valve in the engine compartment and the one on top of the...
• Re: Constant improvement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:58:00 +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: Q Re: bleeding thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 03:13:57 -0700
  ...I bled the van - worked fine for the rear >>heater bleeder and the front radiator bleeder, but couldn't get any >>antifreeze to bleed...
• Re: 87 Oil Light On Intermittently MINE TOO!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:33:17 EST
  Keith; As I recall my problem was caused by a (double) connector on top of the engine near the bleeder valve. If you follow...
• Re: How do you remove the &*$%# Rear Heater Cover...remove seat???
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:20:59 -0400
  Check the bleeder plug on the valve section. I had one of these fail. Nothing wrong with the core. Jay kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO...
• bleeding coolant solution?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:10:57 -0400
  ...Running the engine in the driveway with the radiator bleeder open, I could feel that the upper third of the radiator was not even...
• Re: Master Cylinder - Help!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:32:07 -0700
  ...Master Cylinder - Help! > Sounds like you need to open the bleeder valves on the back of the wheel > and have someone pump the brake...
• Re: too much propane?
  Historical mailing list - bill harris
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 07:45:01 -0700
  ...on the valve stem. > >If you're getting liquid from the bleeder then you are most likely full. > >Always open the valve fully and...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:29:28 -0700
  In an effort to make my van's coolant system more robust I got one of the GW aluminum expansion tanks about a year...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:41:08 -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...
• Draining and Filling cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:15:54 -0400
  ...I refilled the system by opening the radiator bleeder and the valve on top of the thermostat and filling the system through the coolant...
• Re: Coolant air - prevents fan?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 May 2003 20:31:40 -0400
  ...I know the thermostat is opening eventually, because I have heat and steam at the bleeder valve on the radiator. TIA Dustin
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:00:01 -0400
  ...on a steep slope with the engine running, opened the bleed > valve > > on the radiator and had no air escape > > I Hope You did...
• Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:33:14 -0700
  As per Darrell Boehler's suggestion for a coolant pressure sender location, I'm considering installing it in the coolant bleeder bolt hole on...
• Re: [WetWesties] Pain in the Propane
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:19:32 -0700
  ...Last time I told them it was a standard RV tank and showed them where bleeder valve was and he took if from there...
• Re: Propane filler valve.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:40:23 -0700
  ...Now I know where I stand if I choose to install the manual filler inlet and bleeder valve. I read the paragraph you quote...
• Re: too much propane?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:48:17 -0500
  ...Gary Hradek sent me some docs that make me realize that I do not have the auto stop valve. The label on the tank...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 6 Oct 2015 12:41:08 -0300
  ...Bleeder valve looks good as does the fill valve but I noticed > that the rubber gasket in the inside end has a small gap...
• New Engine (7,500 mile progress report)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Aug 1996 21:00:44 -0500
  ...I just checked the bleeder valve on the radiator for the first time since March. No bubbles, period--nada, nothing. I guess I was...
• need help w/85 brake light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:59:57 -0400
  Took my 85 Westy in for coolant hose junction/bleeder valve change and got home and found there are no brake lights. Fuse is...
• Re: Is this H pipe junk
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 13:01:30 -0700
  � � � That's not an "H" pipe.� It's a main coolant hose coupler with a bleeder valve that's broken off. Robert 1982 Westfalia...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:53:37 -0700
  ...If they do not say some form of .. "you're right, we should have at least let you know about that stuck bleeder valve...
• Re: brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 26 May 1999 09:15:36 -0400
  ...wheel) Then all you > have to do is go to each bleeder valve, open it and watch the old flow out > as the new...
• Re: The One Man Brake Bleed Show
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:48:50 -0500
  I bought a 'power bleeder' from Rocky Mountain Motor Works a while back. If you are handy you could build your own using a...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:43:36 -0500
  ...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: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:55:26 -0700
  ...ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > No, back to the bleeder, > > My clever friend took the actual bleeder apart and found two o rings to > replace...
• Re: Help From the Road in Sedona/Flagstaff
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 7 May 2007 23:33:59 -0700
  ...Yes, the valve can be changed and the bleeder has to be replaced the same time. Easy job. Obviously, you would have to take...
• Re: What really is the diff unload vs loaded calipers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:55:27 -0700
  ...missing something they say the unloaded calipers have new pistons, seals, bleeder valves and the cylinder have been honed and have new mounting hard...
• Re: DIY $20 Brake Bleeder-Link to .pdf
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:15:39 -0500
  ...The valve stem would have to be offset as the electrical is in the center of the cap. You would loosen the valve stem...
• Re: bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:53:57 -0600
  ...use a normal > set of tools to crack open the brake bleeder valves? > > Haynes suggests a one-man brake bleeding kit. Anyone have a...
• '91 rear heater leak only when heater 'off' - re-send
  Historical mailing list - Pam McIntosh
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:34:57 +0000
  ...I don't see or feel any sign of leak from the lines, bleeder or valve or anywhere I can reach to feel on...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:40:22 -0500
  ...have replaced one way valve as well. >The rear adjustment nut is turned until the wheel does not spin >freely anymore, off the ground...
• Re: bleeding coolant/archives
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:41:22 -0400
  ...I can find the > radiator bleeder valve & have the Bentley- but my ability is very basic! > > I'd like to first assume bleeding air...
• SUMMARY: front calipers & rusted bleeder valves
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:46:20 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...We changed the hoses but couldn't bleed the brakes because the valves were rusted in place. Ex-S.O. managed to get one...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:19:50 -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...
• EeziBleed for changing brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Mackenzie
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 17:04:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...One, called EZBleed, is a one-way valve > that you put on the bleed valve dso you can pump the brakes yourself. > That's...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:02:52 -0600
  Good advice, but somewhere during the 80s vanagons gained both a bleeder valve in the engine compartment and a heater under the rear seat...
• Re: No coolant traffic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:03:27 -0500
  ...The bleeder valve on the thermostat is closed. What gives? Anyone? Zoltan
• Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:23:42 -0500
  ...I disconnected the hoses right after the plastic bleeder. The hose from the thermostat housing up to that bleeder valve is getting warm, too...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:00:55 -0700
  ...I hate that Ab > On Mar 29, 2023, at 7:52 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > No, back to the bleeder, > > My...
• Re: New to water cooled, temp questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:47:05 -0500
  ...Is this some sort of valve, and where should it be adjusted for coolest temps. Probably a bleeder valve, but I don't remember...
• flush radiator://adding distilled?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 5 May 2002 17:30:41 -0700
  ...Alternate Option".</PRE><PRE>Also, he doesn't mention when or if he opens the bleeder valve </PRE><PRE>in the engine. But in...
• Re: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 15 May 2020 17:43:22 -0700
  ...The common failure are the heater core itself, the valve, the > valve flange gasket, and my favorite the top snapping off the bleeder! That...