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• Re: Time for a clutch? NOW coolant leak+
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:48:42 EST
  ...I noticed the coolant was low and then found the 8mm(?) hose from the bleeder valve to the crossover pipe on the 1.9L...
• More Coolant Leaks/Tire Availability
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:36:27 -0400
  ...This fitting also contains the knob for the bleeder valve that you open up to bleed the air bubbles while the front bleed screw...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:29:17 -0700
  ...take as much propane with the manual bleeder valve as with the old auto shutoff valve.� Maybe by abot .2 gallons.� Could be the...
• hoses in general
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:04:56 -0700
  ...mechanic was cursing at those when he put in the new bleeder valve at that time) Thank you in advance for your thoughts --Patrice...
• Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Wed, 9 May 2012 00:06:49 +0000
  ...Then, I open the bleeder, fluid flows, and the clutch goes in all the way (as soon as I open the bleeder on the...
• Re: Bleeding Bloody Brakes
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:24:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...Nice to be able to pull a vacuum, open bleeder valve, provide > time to get to driver's seat and then push on brakes...
• Re: Propane filler valve.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:26:14 -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: heater hose help
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 02:40:20 EST
  ...And don't get me started on the early 83 bleeder valve. Good luck Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA
• Re: Fuel Expansion Tank: Cracks, Grommet. PICS
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:47:42 -0700
  ...The check valve is to prevent fuel from back-flowing to the canister and engine if you are ever upside down in a ditch...
• Re: Is propane more dense in cold weather?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:32:33 -0600
  ...When I have mine filled I have the LP attendant that is filling it let the bleeder valve spray for a few seconds. I...
• Re: 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:22:15 -0500
  ...Is there a bleeder valve somewhere? > >Thanks for any direction on this one guys. > >Dan Haydon > > >
• Re: Need a gasket
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:49:19 -0700
  ...Rad and hoses heat up, indicating flow of hot coolant, but that >> bleeder valve at the front of the engine compartment doesn't do...
• Re: weak engine power after van sits - recently changed lifters
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:43:35 -0700
  ...I also tried to poke the little bleeder hole, but I'm not sure if I got the oil in. I'm wondering if...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 09:37:07 -0700
  ...tanks must be inspected (not out of date) & have the 'new' valve, this does not apply to the built in RV tanks. Rob vwrobb...
• Re: 82 diesel overheating
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:58:25 +0000
  ...After every short drive for a few weeks duration you can open the bleeder valve to let out the air that has built up...
• Help From the Road in Sedona/Flagstaff
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Mon, 7 May 2007 20:21:37 -0700
  ...I believe my Auto Stop propane valve may be bad. After running empty, I took it to three different stations, none of which were...
• Re: Cooling System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:59:25 -0500
  ...expansion tank, will a full bleed be necessary? > > > > Not sure how I can convince the wife to close a bleeder valve for me. ;-) > > > > --t >
• Re: those bleeding questions again
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 13 May 2004 10:07:21 -0700
  Power bleeders can be purchased for around $30 bucks US now. has a cap that screws right on the brake clutch fluid res and...
• Re: Fuel pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:23:38 -0600
  I'm a little puzzzled as to why you need a schrader valve to bleed the fuel line.The few cc's of air...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:52:48 -0800
  ...I have also done it just with the pumping method >>>once, with a >>>hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid. >> >>Try gravity...
• Re: I got: 025 906 021C, what did I get?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:54:24 EDT
  ...that T hooks up to a much smaller and fragile plastic bleeder valve that is No Longer Available (025 121 421A). That early 83...
• Re: Coolant Hose Inside Diameter Reducers
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:25:34 -0400
  ...were doing when replacing the two >coolant hoses going from the bleeder valve to the metal coolant pipes >that run to the radiator on...
• Re: Help From the Road in Sedona/Flagstaff
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 8 May 2007 14:46:34 -0700
  ...I believe my Auto Stop propane valve may be bad. After running empty, I took it to three different stations, none of which were...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:19:17 -0300
  ...Procedure calls for disconnection of the brake booster vacuum line at the check valve when pressure bleeding. Again I haven’t done that before...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:09:29 -0700
  ...Used one-man valve before). Pressurizing reservoir > >> with air to 12 PSI, I saw a steady stream from all bleeders, NO > >> bubbles, no change...
• Re: HELP quick pls.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 13:00:10 EST
  ...Check the bleeder valve on the top left of the radiator. Check the heater hoses also. Check your coolant hose connections above the spare...
• Re: Rich Running Chilly 1.9l WBX-Thermostats
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:51:02 -0400
  ...This is a special design as this is actually being used as a mixing valve. None of these should have a bypass or bleeder...
• Re: H water distributor
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:19:19 -0700
  ...a complex little piece. > > The other "H" shaped piece (with the bleeder valve) is mounted on the > firewall and is still available. (Part number...
• Re: rejuvenating the propane tank
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:10:22 -0700
  ...Just removed Mellow Yellow's to install new manual > > filler and bleeder valves, and a new main service valve. It can be held up...
• Re: Coolant leak. Rear heater control valve?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:13:14 -0400
  ...69.95 867 819 121A Bleeder, Rear Heater Core, Vanagon $1.99 861 819 039 Rear Heater valve, Vanagon $42.95 867 819 809B...
• Re: CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:07:53 -0500
  ...I spent way too much time fooling around with aquarium pumps, hoses, bleeder and mixer valves etc. without much success. Eventually I discovered a...
• Coolant air - prevents fan?
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Tue, 13 May 2003 19:31:10 EDT
  ...I know the thermostat is opening eventually, because I have heat and steam at the bleeder valve on the radiator. TIA Dustin
• Re: Coolant top up and headlamps loose
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:41:22 -0400
  ...Once the system is hot you should hear the sound of air escaping when you loosen the radiator bleeder or coolant should come out...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Jun 2011 to 20 Jun 2011 - Special issue (#2011-505)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:27:13 -0400
  ...Open both heater valves to MAX. In the engine compartment, open the bleeder on the thermostat housing. Attach an old cap to the main...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon. What is this in my gas? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sat, 12 May 2012 17:20:00 -0700
  ...lH27ZY/s720/BrakeBleeder_Pink.jpg > > I can check pressure in bleeder via valve I installed. > > Neil. > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:50...
• Coolant Bleed Success Yesterday...Today...'85 Surging Idle.AHH!
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:58:11 -0400
  ...Last night I went home, jacked up that front end and worked with that bleeder at the top of the radiator....back to the...
• Re: heating project..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:14:43 -0600
  ...A check valve on the supply side would help. Consider an automatic bleeder such as that used on baseboard or radiator heating systems. Arrange...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:12:11 -0500
  ...The gunk simply migrates around the engine compartment until it finds a new place to stay, possibly blocking the bleeder valve in a lifter...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 11:25:01 -0300
  Around here, your tank would have to have been updated with a new valve to prevent overfilling and re-certified. Without that, a station...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:30:14 -0700
  ...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: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 2 Sep 2019 15:16:52 -0500
  ...Pressure bleeding brakes questions Did the flush with the pressure bleeder. Had the brake pedal halfway down after half way thru right rear slave...
• Re: Break-in.......new engine (your opinion?)
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:51:05 -0400
  ...i would start the van again in the optimal bleeding position (front raise, bleeder screws open), keeping a good look on the temp gauge...
• Re: rejuvenating the propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:02:33 -0700
  ...Just removed Mellow Yellow's to install new manual >> filler and bleeder valves, and a new main service valve. It can be held >> up...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:19 -0800
  ...Used one-man valve before). Pressurizing reservoir >> >> with air to 12 PSI, I saw a steady stream from all bleeders, NO >> >> bubbles, no change...
• No More Pancake Syrup!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:51:25 -0500
  ...It did not have a bleeder screw on it, yet it had the same name as the new one I got from The Bus...
• Re: Lack of hot air. etc.
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:38:29 -0500
  ...If you haven't already, You should also check to be sure that the coolant valve is opening all the way, and that the...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:57:25 -0700
  ...Again apply some WD40, then use � � > a 7mm wrench to screw the valve entirely out of the slave cylinder. � � > Clean the valve, in particular...
• Re: 85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:42:43 -0700
  ...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: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 10:07:17 -0700
  ...a difference? If expansion tank nipple is broken, threading a brake bleeder valve into the hole might suffice. Seal it with whatever is appropriate...
• Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 May 2012 00:01:42 -0400
  ...Then, I open the bleeder, fluid flows, and the clutch goes in all the way (as soon as I open the bleeder on the...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:18:39 -0700
  ...we should have at least let you know about that stuck bleeder > valve " ( see further below ) > > to be fair again ..sometimes they do try...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:04:13 -0800
  ...To do it correctly you need to crack the vent valve on the aux heater core which means removing the bench seat and the...
• Re: More Coolant Leaks/Tire Availability
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:22:04 EDT
  ...This fitting also contains >the >knob for the bleeder valve that you open up to bleed the air bubbles >while >the front bleed screw...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 May 2003 20:21:30 -0500
  ...where the > little > hose attaches to the bleeder valve. > > I heated a short length of brass tubing and "Melted" it into the > hole. > When...
• Re: lost brake line...
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:10:35 -0500
  Is the junction I'm looking for simply a split valve or is this a regular assembly too? Anything tricky about it? Are vanagon...
• Re: 85 1.9L Water Pump Installation
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 02:53:53 -0400
  ...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: brake questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 21:31:39 -0400
  ...both front calipers -- didn't help one way valve way back in the engine compartment -- didn't help I also have a 63 karmann...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Mon, 2 Sep 2019 16:10:43 -0700
  ...Pressure bleeding brakes questions > > Did the flush with the pressure bleeder. Had the brake pedal halfway down after half way thru right rear slave...
• Re: Propane Tank question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 20:00:02 -0700
  ...bleeder and see if propane comes out. If it is truly empty and they can't get any propane into it, the valve is...
• Re: Back From Mothballing, Mystery Coolant Leak - bump
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 18:22:29 -0700
  ...Are new >> tanks available? >> >> For the bleeder valve assembly at the front end of the engine >> compartment, mine blew last year and I have...