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Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 8 Oct 2023 10:17:22 -0600
...Started the engine and opened the bleeder valve on the radiator. Immediately started dribbling fluid, no sign of air. Ran up the engine, came...
Hello again, Brakes, No-Start, Coolant bleeder, 1985 GL
Historical mailing list - Bradley Banks
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:43:05 -0500
...metric elbow made which i could attach a small brass plumbing valve to which would make bleeding the system easier. Any comments? My 1985...
FS - automatic transmission and related parts
Historical mailing list - roger sisler
Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:16:20 -0800
...shift rod ; accelerater cabel /kickdown ; front transmission mount ; coolant hoses and bleeder valve ; front heater core cover (brown) ;a nifty factory made wooden console...
Re: 85 1.9L Water Pump Installation
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:59:29 -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: Heads are on
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:06:26 -0600
...one, where my assistant heavy handed something and broke off the "bleeder valve nipple" in the process. Will be looking for name of part...
Re: Propane Tank Clean Up
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:27:54 +0000
Tom said - <SNIP> My question - do you have any advice about/procedures for removing a Westy tank, stripping off regulator and valves, removing paint...
Re: No Clutch....
Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:33:46 +0000
...All I need to do is find the slave cylinder and the bleeder valve. I assume I bleed it all out, then refill the...
Water pump replacement successful -- now to completely flush system -- how?
Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
Fri, 8 Jun 2001 22:00:22 -0700
...Each time revving engine, adding water to expansion tank (all bleeder valves open), gradually closing them as system closed off, waited 20 minutes, drained...
Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:47:34 -0700
...Let stand ten or fifteen minutes with heater valves open. Top off again, and let stand for another five minutes. For the best results...
Re: rear heater
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:14:45 -0700
...When you get it all back together, you should be OK without doing a coolant circuit purge since there is a little bleeder valve...
Re: Coolant change
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:28:24 PDT
...Bleeding >the > > >system > > >through the front bleeder valve is a bit of a PITA. Jack up the rear, >with > > >the > > >pressure cap off, run...
Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:28:19 -0800
...Also found the rear heater core valve to be leaking. Put a Home Depot ball valve in just before the old valve and left...
Re: Coolant change
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:38:11 -0500
...Bleeding the system through the front bleeder valve is a bit of a PITA. Jack up the rear, with the pressure cap off, run...
Re: Air in the system
Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:35:28 -1000
I don't know if anyone remembers this but awhile back I posted a solution to filling the radiator from the bleeder hole with...
Re: Brake question......
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:50:41 -0700
...Fresh new fluid out of my bleeder valves..Cheap insurance and not difficult with a Power Bleeder set up. Don Hanson On Fri, Jun...
Re: Need New Propane Shut-off Valve
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 04:31:45 -0400
...you. > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Propane-Cylinder-Tank-Valve-Vanagon-Westfalia-Service-Fill-Bleeder-Regulator-LPG/184341023650?hash=item2aeb94cba2:g:FC4AAOSw4Lle9NHP > > Mark > > > Steven...
Excess Coolant Diagnosis Work Order
Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:41:18 EDT
...Any prime candidates here? The engine compartment bleeder valve? Water Pump housing? I had lots of new rubber put on with the new engine...
Re: Help From the Road in Sedona/Flagstaff
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Tue, 8 May 2007 12:04:15 -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: Bubble in cooling system? '87 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:01:18 -0700
...In synopsis, raise the front end the required amount, open both heater valves, open the bleeder valve on the thermostat housing, open the bleeder...
Re: New Syncro Westy Purchase and belt/Drivetrain questions
Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:54:51 -0400
...I also drove with the rear bleeder valve open for a few hours (the one on the thermostadt housing) which I think helped purge...
Re: brake/clutch bleeding
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:41:13 EST
...Bleed system only with pressure bleeder. As per 30.2 >in the Bentley. > >Is this the ONLY way?? > >Brakes: This seems pretty straight forward...
Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Tue, 9 Mar 2004 06:57:36 -0500
...if there was some way to attach the proper > pressure valve at the bleeder opening on the radiator, an overflow > bottle could be mounted...
Re: those bleeding questions again
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Thu, 13 May 2004 10:39:48 -0700
...gary --- Doug in Calif <vanagon@astound.net> wrote: > Power bleeders can be purchased for around $30 bucks > US now. > has a cap that screws...
Re: Coolant change
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:28:36 -0500
...I don't bleed throught the bleeder valve up front which is a bit of a PITA. I first learned this little trick from...
Re: bleeding a van - coolant
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:18:27 -0700
...Open your heater boxes and your bypass valve (on the > > firewall in your '85). Let it run till the thermostat opens and THEN open...
Re: '91 Syncro floods & dies, won't restart
Historical mailing list - Tim
Sat, 3 Jun 2000 07:09:12 -0400
It sounds like the computer temperature sender, located under the bleeder valve in the engine compartment. Next time your engine won't start, unplug...
Re: 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
Historical mailing list - Motlagh, John N [GMG]
Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:41:48 -0500
...Is there a bleeder valve somewhere? > >Thanks for any direction on this one guys. > >Dan Haydon > > >
Re: 88 Vanagon thermostat question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:44:46 -0500
...That small bleeder in it is designed to ensure a small amount of coolant flow so the T-stat can sense when the water...
Re: Coolant top up and headlamps loose
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 8 Sep 2013 14:31:06 -0700
...Coolant top up > > > The most important bleeder is the 1 on the Radiator ~ you need to be > getting BubbleFreeFluid coming out of there before...
Re: Coolant change
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:47:20 -0500
...Bleeding > >the > > > >system > > > >through the front bleeder valve is a bit of a PITA. Jack up the rear, > >with > > > >the > > > >pressure cap off, run...
Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:37:24 +0000
...Also found the rear heater > core valve to be leaking. Put a Home Depot ball valve in just before the > old valve and left...
Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:04:09 -0500
...Bleeder valve closed. Yes, It's cold here in western PA, but not unreasonably so. About 15*F today. -Craig On Thu, Jan 24...
Phred rides again...
Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 13:44:58 -0600
...After I opened the bleeder valves, started the engine, and increased the rev's to 2000 or a little more, I was only able...
Re: [DIESEL] Diesel Coolant Filling Question - Raise the front or not?
Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:45:28 -0700
...higher, had a friend hold the trottle and I opened the bleeder valve on top of the radiator. I let the coolant flow until...
Propane Horror Story -- "ok" ending
Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:43:54 PST
...going on. -- If the guy doesn't know right where the bleeder valve is, that's my indication that he hasn't filled a...
Silly mistake: Closely related to "how not to bleed the brakes"
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:25:23 -0700
...And one more 'silly mistake'...When you change camshafts in a 4 cam 32 valve motor, be sure to count how many shop rags...
Re: Help! Changing coolant of 91 Westy...
Historical mailing list - james v
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 08:58:56 -0700
...Pull toward the front of the van to open. >bleeder valve in the engine compartment, the picture in the book look very >dark, I...
Re: Wierd coolant overflow problem......help needed.
Historical mailing list - SStones
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:48:14 -0400
...acting as a check valve, too. > >If none of this works, you may want to loosen the radiator bleeder with >the engine hot and...
Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:06:23 -0400
...I ended up > replacing bleeder valve assembly, radiator, and at least one hose > after that had happened. The only other thing I can think...
Re: 2.1 to 1.9 oil cooler retrofit design Q (longish)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:23:44 -0500
...Then, install a tee in the hose from the bleeder valve to the heater return pipe to use as the return. The 2.1...
Interesting aircooled ad
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:08:07 -0800
...The left front brake caliper needs to be replaced since the bleeder valve broke off. I also have a new caliper in the box...
It's back together and it runs.
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:19:55 -0800
...fired it up.� Looks like I may need to adjust the valves again since one lifter won't shut up, and I'm a...
'90 brake probs fixed
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:21:15 -0600
...Bleeding the front brakes is a chore - I usually use small Vise-Grips to work the bleeder valve and I just couldn't make...
Cooling System Capacity and Front Heater Valve Assembly and Cable
Historical mailing list
Sat, 07 Oct 1995 17:14:37 -0500
...Regarding the clip I purchased to reattach my heater control cable to the valve... I can't have possibly been given the right part...
Re: 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
Historical mailing list - Dan Haydon
Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:37:40 -0600
...Is there a bleeder valve somewhere? > > > >Thanks for any direction on this one guys. > > > >Dan Haydon > > > > > >
Re: It's a mystery
Historical mailing list
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:19:09 -0500
...I did open the bleeder valve on top of the thermo housing for a brief second while it was running to see if there...
Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:55:49 -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: Propane tank restore or replace
Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:10:28 -0400
...New regulator, new valve, and a nice white paint job. A friend in Nova Scotia, Canada who tows an airsteam around behind his land...
Re: clutch bleeding
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:52:42 -0500
...However, I have found that the Speed-Bleeder check valve (www.speedbleeder.com) works great and makes this even easier. Just put a tube...
Re: Need a gasket
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:52:20 -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...
(fryday stuff)Top 20 Why Reasons Round headlight vans are better
Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 15:25:34 -0400
...Most don�t have a bleeder valve that doesn�t work anyway. I.e. useless. And if you don�t like coolant you could...
Re: installed a valve on radiator, makes bleeding air out of coolant "easier"
Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:04:14 -0600
...I installed a valve, sold by Kennedy> Engeneering, were the air bleeder screw is. It is really easy to open and> close the air...
Re: Reservoir sensor seal,Was: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:33:38 -0500
...Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts! > >> > >> Hey, > >> > >> Funny you should mention that. > >> > >> My tank is a aftermarket, At least I think so...
Re: Air in the system
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:54:26 -0700
...Air in the system > > > > Jay > > The thermostat does not need to open because there > is > > a small bypass > > valve built > > into the thermostat that...
thermostat soup too
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
Fri, 14 May 2004 12:17:04 -0400
...towards the front so that it would be directly under the bleeder valve. Saw some improvement but not significant. Bought an infrared thermometer so...
Re: Fix or replace? - was Surface Rust on Gas Tank (with pics)
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:54:49 -0700
...Messing with broken brake system bleeder valves & >>old radiators are other things that are not really worth the time vs >>just replacing. >>When I...
Re: 1987 Syncro Cooling Issue
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Sat, 3 May 2014 14:42:57 -0400
...the fan switch and it acts the same. > > > > I have a bleeder valve on the radiator, with a tube into a jug of water...
Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:59:10 -0700
...This is the non zetec van. > Hoses are in stock position. > Bleeder valve closed. > > Yes, It's cold here in western PA, but not...
Re: On the Road home and need help getting there!
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:05:09 -0800
...get about 10 feet of aquarium tubing (1/8 or so flexible rubber tube), slip one end over the bleeder valve on the slave...
Re: It's back together and it runs.
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Wed, 9 Nov 2011 11:45:31 -0600
...Looks like I may need to adjust the valves again since one lifter won't shut up, and I'm a little concerned about...