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• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 02:21:18 -0400
  I have a flush tee installed on my vanagon but do not use it for actual flushing, only filling and bleeding the system. I...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:23:25 -0300
  ...How does The "flush tee" flush the engine when the cold water closes the thermostat??? M On 31 Jul 2002 at 14:58, Jay...
• Alternative to Prestone Flush Kit
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 14 May 1999 16:54:35 EDT
  I had installed a Prestone plastic flush tee once. No matter how tight I screwed the cap on, it leaked. I decided to make...
• flushing tee question '88
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 13:41:58 EDT
  if I add a flushing tee, where is the best place to add one, and would it make sense to add two? if there...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:17:16 -0400
  ...How does The "flush tee" flush the engine when the cold water closes the thermostat??? M On 31 Jul 2002 at 14:58, Jay...
• Re: Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective Way.
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:02:46 -0700
  ...5) Remove hose and install cap provided with flushing system onto the tee (if preferred, remove tee and replace with short section of metal...
• Coolant flush...best way to do it?
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Mon, 27 May 2002 14:27:49 -0700
  Without using a flushing tee setup, what's the best way to flush a Vanagon's cooling system. Specifically, which hose(s) should be...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:59:12 -0400
  Both times I tried a system flush using the "tee" I had disappointing results. The resulting temperature needle position was higher them before I...
• Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective Way.
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:07:14 -0700
  ...With that said, after looking at the Bentley and the instlation directions on the Flushing Tee I installed the tee on the heater hose...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:05:52 -0400
  ...How does The "flush tee" flush the engine when the cold > water closes the thermostat??? M > > On 31 Jul 2002 at 14:58, Jay...
• Re: Coolant flush...best way to do it?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 28 May 2002 11:34:28 -0400
  ...I have had NO luck trying to flush(using the tee method) our 85 GL and 86 Transporter. Both times it made the vehicle...
• should've listened
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:56:36 EDT
  I inquired a few weeks ago about adding a flush tee in my system. Several people warned me not to, but I couldn't...
• Re: need help: overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:48:57 -0400
  ...Flushed system with water by installing flush tee
• Re: Syncro Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:31:26 EST
  ...This was not as easy as your basic car and radiator flushes. If you or > anyone find an easy way like installing a tee...
• Re: Coolant Flush and Fill
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 14:18:45 -0400
  ...1) Install a "Prestone" brand (garden hose) "Tee" in the supply heater hose (at roughly the center door opening) to conveniently flush the system...
• Removing the rear heater, flusing tees, and heat in general
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:06:29 -0700
  These Prestone flushing tees work great, but the one I installed about five years ago cracked recently from old age. Fortunately it didn't...
• Re: got to fix the cooling system again.
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:04:23 -0700
  I purchased a prestone Flush and fill kit for my vanagon. It includes a tee fitting, with cap, that should be placed in the...
• coolant flush and fill (no garden hose)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 13:40:16 -0600
  ...I have always flushed with a garden hose through a tee under the spare tire. Any ideas about how to get the old out...
• Re: Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:54:03 -0700
  ...cooling system -- so it accomplished flushing the system. Also, one other person reported having trouble with these plastic tee's later leaking or breaking...
• Flushing cooling system
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:53:01 -0700
  ...I want to install the Flush and fill kit, the one that hooks up to a garden hose with a tee fitting (which will...
• Coolant Change--the Way I Do It
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:57:54 -0400
  I have had excellent luck using the Prestone flush kit. I cut a tee into one of the heater hoses underneath the Vanagon. It...
• Re: Coolant flush...best way to do it?
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 28 May 2002 20:51:12 -0400
  ...I have had NO luck trying to > flush(using the tee method) our 85 GL and 86 Transporter. Both times it > made the vehicle...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:21:34 -0400
  ...How does The "flush tee" flush the engine when the cold > water closes the thermostat??? M > > On 31 Jul 2002 at 14:58, Jay...
• Re: Can I drain coolant from someplace more accessible?
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:58:48 -0700
  ...I have a flush tee in one of the heater lines about amidship -- opening that with the heater lever also opened drains things pretty...
• Re: got to fix the cooling system again
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Zarse
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:35:00 -0700
  ...On my 86 Vanagon, install the tee near the starter motor on the heater inlet line. Run some NON ACID radiator flush (tee not...
• Re: coolant system flush chemical
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:12:38 -0700
  ...Walmart also has the Prestone back-flush kit witch consists of three different size plastic tees, hose clamps, garden hose fitting, and a splash...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:36:44 -0400
  Jeff, Flush kits contain a "tee" which is inserted in one of the heater hoses. I find it handy way to drain the system...
• Re: Flushing the Coolant System
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:03:36 -0400
  ...too , if you have a 1.9.I put my back flush tee in the outlet(I think) of the heater hose near the...
• Flushing Tee and Filling cooling system procedure.
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 12 May 1999 11:05:02 -0700
  Two months ago I posted a method to flush the cooling system using a flushing Tee. After flushing the system, I removed the tee...
• Help rebuilding Auto Transmission - Forward clutch assembly
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:51:06 +1000
  ...The picture I took as I disassembled implies the gear teeth were not above (proud of) the ring gear, but flush with them or...
• Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 9 May 2012 08:57:02 -0700
  ...Temp Gauge -- why did this happen? > > > On 05/08/2012 09:00 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >> I put a flushing tee in the heater...
• Flushing the Coolant System
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:41:08 -0400
  ...I've read through the archives and have found basically three methods of flushing: 1) Drain the radiator repeatedly 2) Add an aftermarket tee...
• Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 8:10:49 EDT
  ...I've saved previous messages from the list posted by Joel in which he recounts James Lu's techniques using a flush tee. I...
• Re: Coolant flush?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:30:11 -0700
  Somewhere in the archives is a simple method posted by Joel Walker that uses a 'Tee' in a heater line and the removal of...
• Re: Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:24:35 -0400
  ...flush the heater core its called a flushing tee made by prestone it works great as a splice or to replace the tees Bob
• Re: Syncro Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 20:46:01 EST
  ...This was not as easy as your basic car and radiator flushes. If you or anyone find an easy way like installing a tee...
• Syncro Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:39:30 -0500
  ...Should I drain and flush by disconnecting hoses only? I have two postings printed out recommending a flush tee. I don't want to...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:58:23 -0300
  ...So how does this "Tee" method flush the long return hose from the radiator to the thermostat???? Again, I suggest removing the thermostat and...
• Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 May 2012 10:58:11 -0700
  ...Temp Gauge -- why did this happen? > > > On 05/08/2012 09:00 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >> I put a flushing tee in the heater...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:48:18 -0500
  I put the prestone flush-n-fill Tee in the heater hose near the sliding door (this is also near the fuel pump). I...
• coolant renewal/flushing procedures (james lu)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 03 May 94 20:54:36 CDT
  ...Install a "flush Tee" (available in most auto parts stores), and connect a garden hose to this Tee. 4. In the Bentley manual, the...
• Re: Flushing the Coolant System
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:52:21 -0400
  ...have found basically three > methods of flushing: > > 1) Drain the radiator repeatedly > 2) Add an aftermarket tee somewhere in one of the heater loops...
• bubbling in coolant during flush
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 6 May 2002 05:41:13 -0700
  ...I flushed out my coolant and after the engine had been running and water had been pouring through the system thanks to a garden...
• Re: bubbling in coolant during flush
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 May 2002 18:06:03 -0400
  ...bubbling in coolant during flush Hi. I flushed out my coolant and after the engine had been running and water had been pouring through...
• Re: Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:19:00 -0500
  ...Any pictures?...) > > ===== > Cheers, T-man. > My tentative plan is to install one of the "prestone" type flush tees in a heater hose above the...
• Antifreeze Enema
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:25:16 EST
  ...Clamp off tubing. (2) incline van (3) drain & flush using tee in heater hose method - mine is brass (4) remove bleeder screw in radiator...
• Re: Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 21:08:30 -0600
  ...This was not as easy as your basic car and radiator flushes. If you or >anyone find an easy way like installing a tee...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:58:29 -0400
  Prestone flush tee in the one of the heater hoses underneath--much easier and already there for the next time. Jay Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm...
• Re: R134 USERS??????????
  Historical mailing list - Carl Smith
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:37:22 EDT
  ...I did it "right" with compressor removal and flushing, system flushing, and dryer/accumulator replacement. I replaced only the "O" rings in the joints...
• Best flushing method - 2.1,and maintenance questions.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:53:26 -0500
  ...It has the wrong (green) antifreeze so I want to flush it and replace with the blue. 1 What is the best way to...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:28:44 -0500
  ...I was satisfied with repeatedly filling and draining the radiator with clear water as a way to flush it. (Filling through the tee via...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 9:59:28 PDT
  ...Then I flushed with some Prestone radiator flush. Then I flushed out the system by filling with water, following the bentley's tips of...
• Re: Syncro Coolant Flush
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:42:24 -0500
  ...Should I drain and flush by disconnecting hoses only? I have two >postings printed out recommending a flush tee. I don't want to...
• Re: Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:53:41 -0700
  ...Any pictures?...) > > > > ===== > > Cheers, T-man. > > > > My tentative plan is to install one of the "prestone" type flush tees in > a heater hose above the...
• update: should've listened
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:35:41 EDT
  Thanks to all those who helped with advice! I found a nice brass tee at my local Lowes shop. What I decided to do...
• Re: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:56:13 EDT
  ...I even had considered utilizing the hoses for a flushing tee of sorts. After studying the Bently, I couldn't see why it would...
• Re: Antifreeze Enema
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:08:05 -0500
  ...Clamp off tubing. (2) incline van (3) drain & | flush using tee in heater hose method - mine is brass (4) remove bleeder | screw in radiator...
• Re: Coolant change question
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:36:41 -0400
  ...Why not install a flush tee in the heater core hose, open the heater cores and flush with a garden hose ? JP
• Finally changing coolant on '88 - any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 12:41:14 -0800
  ...flush tee in the heater hose up front, but I'm a little nervous about cutting hoses. How critical is a good flush? (I...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 16:11:07 EDT
  > Put in a flush tee. I found a GREAT place to put it in, and I don't know > if it was because someone...