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• `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 02:42:38 -0800
  ...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: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:02:14 +0100
  ...After I run out of > coolant, I switch to adding water (take your pick between distilled and tap water). > The thermostat bleeder screw-thingy...
• Re: Confessions of a blind mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:32:17 -0400
  ...I opened the radiator bleeder and then put a couple pounds of pressure in the tank and got more coolant into the system. > > But...
• Re: Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:16:01 -0500
  ...com> wrote: > OK...Had my order ready for the Motive Euro bleeder last week. �It's not the > price that stopped me, but the...
• Re: Propane tank main valve
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:42:23 -0700
  ...When liquid propane > starts to squirt from the bleeder, the tank is full, one > shuts off the filling, etc. But for the AutoStop to...
• Re: Clutch problem on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 20:50:34 EST
  ...I bled my clutch slave cyliner using a brake bleeder pump which I used as a suction on the slave cylinder bleeder. Honestly I...
• Hose count on 86 and up 2.1 wbxr manual trans vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:06:34 -0700
  ...Just looking at my 4 bleeder manifolds not installed in vanagons , which I call Bleed Rail .. early ones metal, laterones plastic ....there are 6...
• Re: Front disks '71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 17:06:56 -0800
  ...long can it take? and finally...invest in a one man bleeder...you'll use it the rest of your life on every car...
• Re: radiator bleeder location
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 20:32:35 +0000
  > Can i use a oil cooler off a gas gti/gl jetta to replace my leaking cooler?? As far as I can tell, the...
• Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:28:47 -0700
  ...I > *believe* nylon hose barbs would fit the bill. > > And it makes a restricted bleeder connection with a shutoff valve > from I forget where...
• Re: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:35:59 -0800
  ...under pressure all the way back to the back while the bleeder hole has zero pressure??? I know that if I had an equivalent...
• Re: Coolant pipe connection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:47:05 -0700
  ...Coolant pipe connection > Hi all, > New coolant hose from bleeder valve to steel pipe (85 Vanagon). The > connection is way too loose. Both ends...
• Resourceful Slave Cylinder Fix
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 23:39:30 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The 80 cylinder's bleeder valve broke off even with a gentle tug of a 7mm wrench. The cordless drill had no juice and...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:55:20 -0400
  ...7, 8, 9, 11, 12, or 14mm wrenches or sockets on a Vanagon? (Besides possibly bleeder valves or exhaust nuts on some applications). Ed
• Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:45:40 -0800
  Does anyone know if these are any thing more than a bottle with two pipes (one going down to the bottom of the bottle...
• rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:17:59 PDT
  My heater bleeder valve went bad and let coolant into the interior. just took out the whole thing, when this happens do you usually...
• Re: Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:45:02 +0000
  Hi, I'm designing a pressure based warning system based on Darrell's idea, using an oil pressure 0.3Bar switch. My switch will...
• Re: Constant improvement
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:47:58 -0700
  ...Close > > >>> bleeder, add more coolant and use pressure opening bleeder, repeat > > until > > >>> you get coolant at the bleeder. This method will do 90% of...
• 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: Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 2024 13:51:10 +0000
  ...I found a few videos that discussed opening the bleeder valves and with jack in drop position pump handle 10 or so times. These...
• Help! Changing coolant of 91 Westy...
  Historical mailing list - Fonni Chang
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:25:03 EDT
  ...I follow instruction of the Vanagon Official Repair Manual, set the heater to max heat, open the bleeder screw on radiator, jack up the...
• Re: Hose count on 86 and up 2.1 wbxr manual trans vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:25:26 -0400
  At 11:06 PM 4/22/2013, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >Just looking at my 4 bleeder manifolds not installed in vanagons , >which I...
• hydraulic clutch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Jun 1995 11:09:20 -0500
  ...We get a small amount of fluid spraying out the bleeder valve, but it behaves as if the master cylinder seals have gone bad...
• Re: Vanagon Transmission/Transaxle? (No gun content)
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:56:20 EST
  ...A second posibility is that the air bleeder on the final drive is pluged. But to estimate what is realy wrong I need tohave...
• Re: Propane leak
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 May 2008 20:14:26 -0400
  ...out to a breezy hill in the boonies and opened their bleeder valves and waited until the tank was empty. Fortunately, I haven't...
• Re: propane terms -- getting it right
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:59:34 -0400
  ...like a nincompoop than I truly am. > That bleeder thing is known as the tank bleeder or liquid level port. > > Look for leaks yourself...
• Re: Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help!
  Historical mailing list - David W. Palmerston
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 07:54:22 -0700
  ...I > closed each bleeder while vacuum was high to ensure no flow > back. I used about a 1/2 pint of fluid. > > Now my...
• Re: Motive Bleeder Recs
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:50 -0800
  ...For me, I factored my time into the cost, > > meaning I just wanted a bleeder that worked right out of the box. I had...
• Re: Questions about brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 9 May 2020 14:40:06 -0400
  ...I bled the system with the motive >> bleeder. Looked like I got all the bubbles out let it drain for a while >> after I...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:54:20 -0700
  ...and let it idle. > Remove the upper grill. > crack open the bleeder screw > Go to the back of the van and remove the engine...
• Re: Need help with my '87 propane charge valve
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:51:13 PDT
  ...Apparently on most car systems which use this type of filler, the bleeder only needs to be opened a bit. The first time I...
• Re: 84 vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Andrew M Fox
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:48:12 -1000
  ...Took the radiator off > and it seema to be clear, water goes in and out all four holes,intake , > outlet, bleeder, and temp sensor...
• Re: draining clutch lines
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 9 May 2003 21:32:57 -0500
  ...a couple of quarts of fluid and just open all the > bleeders all the way (one at a time) and pump lots of fluid...
• 2.1 Conversion-Trouble Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:05:21 -0500
  ...Opened bleeder over engine, and up on the radiator. When I opened the rad bleed I got about 10 seconds of air hissing out...
• Bleed the coolant system...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:36:12 -0800
  ...This is on page 19.16 and just when explains the bleeder screw's positions it ends there and starts explaining the other mode...
• Plastic air bleed nipple
  Historical mailing list - James Gebhard
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:42:25 -0500
  86 wolfsberg westy Does anyone know were I can get an air bleed nipple (on right head to bleeder) I broke mine. I found...
• Re: Radiator Design
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:03:05 -0700
  ...If the bleeder screw is open, then there is atmospheric pressure (approximately 14.7 psi) reaching the upper (inner) area of the radiator (pressing...
• Re: Clutch Hydraulics Problem
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:21:10 -0700
  ...Bled again the old fashioned way with slow push on the > pedal > with the bleeder screw open using a bleeder kit from FLAPS. Still...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:34:40 -0700
  ...Vanagon? I remember someone advocating gravity bleeding/flushing > (just opening the bleeder and waiting patiently). > I admit that it didn't seem to work...
• Re: Broken New Engine, What is fair resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:48:34 +0000
  ...However many miles after a successful system bleeding, if the radiator bleeder is opened, BUBBLES WILL APPEAR!!!! This is normal and NO corrective action...
• Re: Coolant into the bleeder screw hole?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:17:10 -0700
  ...The tubing fits into the > hole > after you remove that pesky bleeder screw/bolt. Mine comes out, but > it is > tight quarters. I put...
• Re: Pressure Bleeding the Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:33:37 -0500
  ...So with some pressure on the system loosen the bleeder screw and the air will be purged from the radiator being replaced by the...
• Re: How do explain this?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:11:06 -0700
  ...Sometimes the vacuum type bleeder will suck air in between valve and body threads causing bubbles to show up and lower vacuum. Please keep...
• slow overheating after flush and bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:48:30 -0800
  ...2000 RPMs, bleeder open, front end up, closed bleeder when there were no bubbles. Took it for a drive to get it hot and...
• Re: Rear brakes frustration
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:11:54 -0800
  ...Courtney Hook wrote: > Hey John, what about this air compressor powered beastie from HF?? > http://www.harborfreight.com/brake-fluid-bleeder-92924.html > > Courtney
• Help! LP Problem
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Stevens
  Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:32:19 -0400
  ...It just blew it out the bleeder valve (says the guy who tried to fill it). Something (I think air) continues to come out...
• Re: Help with brakes!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:53:41 EDT
  ...occasions,an internally collapsed brake hose,check this by opening the bleeder(with wheel off the car)then see if brake stops dragging.The...
• Re: coolant fairies...(long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:56:37 -0400
  ...Also make sure the bleeder screw (engine compartment) is fully closed i.e. CCW. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:46:06 -0800
  Location of the valve? All I find on my 90 is a bleeder on top of the thermostat. Would love to know where the...
• Radiator Design
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:48:57 -0400
  ...I assume it flows in the bottom and fills to the top, then drops down the side channel (where the bleeder bolt is attached...
• Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:25:49 -0400
  Are you aware there are two bleeder valves for each front caliper? The Bentley manual says just to bleed one of them (the upper...
• vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:46:09 -0600
  ...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: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:21:17 -0600
  ...and use an 8mm wrench to open and > close the small bleeder bolt on the left hand side of the top of the > radiator...
• Master Cylinder Cap Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 15 May 2007 12:39:34 -0700
  Hi All, I am looking for a cheapo brake master cylinder cap for my brake bleeder project. With or without the sensor. As long...
• Refilling propane
  Historical mailing list - Pedro
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:56:54 -0700
  ...We attach the hose, open the bleeder valve, and start pumping but nothing enters the tank. This has happened at several different filling stations...
• Hi, I came up with the following for flushing & filling the coolant system on m
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:02:13 EDT
  ...Set the heater control to heat, and REMOVE the bleeder screw on the top of the radiator. (Behind the front top grille.) Remove the...
• Re: purging propane tank
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:58:07 -0400
  ...But then when he opened the bleeder and no (inert) gas came out, he said purging was not needed and he filled the tank...
• Head gasket--double the fun
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:51:09 -0800
  ...Something to do this winter! BTW, my Motive pressure brake bleeder works great for pressurizing the cooling system through the pressure cap. Stuart
• Re: 83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:33:53 -0500
  At 12:43 PM 11/26/2012, T Collins wrote: >I hear you, but the $175 is prohivited at this time...so I have...
• Re: Air in Brake Circuit
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:24:07 EST
  How about trying a pressure bleeder. You can buy one from Wal-mart for around $30. Then you bleed from the bottom up and...