I've got one in my rear heater, too.  In fact, it was the first thing I
discovered damaged/broken after purchasing my '84 Westy this past March...
nice green puddle all over rear carpet area which leaked out all over when
parked on the hill at a friends house.

Here's Ron's description, price, and number of the part:

Bleeder, Rear Heater Core, Vanagon  $1.99  861 819 039

Todd
'84 Westy "Titania"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Sullivan" <sullivan@openmarket.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Green coolant hurt engine?

> Dear Mark,
>
> There is no bleeder valve on any Vanagon rear heater!
> There is only an on/off shutoff valve.
>
> The only "bleeder valve" on Vanagons is in the engine bay towards the
> firewall -- it is made of plastic, easily broken, and offer TWO positions:
> bleed ON (to get the air bubbles out while adding new coolant) and bleed
> OFF (for normal driving).
>
> Cheers,
> MJS
>
>
>
>
> At 01:54 AM 7/24/00 PDT, Mark Dorm wrote:
> >>Bleeder valve thingy broke and lost all my coolant. No damage. Fixed
leak,
> >
> >
> >was that the bleeder valve of the rear heater?? how did you have it
fixed???
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