Matt, if you are talking about the valve between the two big coolant hoses
at the front of the engine compartment, nothing drains from this valve that
you can see.  It just connects the two hoses.  I use it for bleeding the
system when I have had to make a minor repair to the cooling system.

John Lauterbach
'84 DL
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: bleeder valve

> the little bleeder valve in my engine comparment doesn't bleed. Is there a
> cheap and suitable fix?
> thanks
> matthew
> 84
>
>
> Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
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