I did this and used a fuel pump from my RC Airplane flying days.  It worked
like a charm.
Rich and Annemarie
85 GL "Buba"
98 Bug

>From: BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
>Reply-To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Coolant and air bubbles
>Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:17:34 -0700
>
>What about using a turkey baster with a piece of tubing attached to the end
>of it?  Would that have made it easier?
>
>(I was interested in this, since I too recently had my coolant changed and
>it seems to run about a needle's width higher on the temp gauge now)
>
>Brent Christensen
>'89 GL Syncro Westy
>Santa Barbara, CA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> > Of Jim Cain
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 12:08 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Coolant and air bubbles
> >
> >
> > I had the antifreeze changed a while back and have suspected that
> > there was some air in the system since then.
> >
> > A while back there was a discussion about adding coolant through the
> > bleed hole in the radiator in leiu of the "jack the front end up with
> > an able assistant..." routine.  Don't remember whether there was a
> > pro or con response.  Since I don't have an assistant, able or not, I
> > tried it and was able to put quite a bit of liquid in using an old
> > basting syringe.
> >
> > The question is, was this a good thing to do?  Dumb to ask after the
> > fact, I know, but it seems logical to me that the air will be trapped
> > at the top of the radiator, thus the bleed screw.  Although, it does
> > seem that if this was a good alternative, it would have been
> > discovered long before now.
> >
> > By the way, I will come up with a better way of getting the stuff in
> > the hole if I do it again.  It is in a very awkward spot.  I did jack
> > the right side up a bit so that the air would come to that side.
> >
> > Comments anyone?
> >
> > TIA, Jim in Atlanta w/ 85 Westy
> >

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