Yeah, but it DOES get the air out of the radiator.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: How to bleed the cooling system???

> My mechanic jacks up the REAR of my van to do the bleeding of air from the
> system. You can do the same by parking on a really steep grade, opening
the cap
> on the
> coolant expansion tank and letting it run a while. This is the easiest
way. That
> jacking up the front and bleeding is a PITA.
>
> Good luck.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver. BTDT
>
> Sylvain B wrote:
>
> > OOPS!!!
> > Hi all again... :)
> > I own 1 1982 1.6l TD Westy.
> > After repairing a leak in my cooling system, i still have bubles in the
> > system.
> > I hear the swishing sound of those bubles behind the dashboard when i
use
> > the heather.
> > I tried to do like i saw a mechanic once:
> > I raise the front end of the van abou 18 inches, I open the cap of the
> > filling tank on the engine, tet run the engine at about 2000 rpm to get
the
> > engine warm.
> > When the coolant gets hot and circulates, i alternatively open and close
the
> > bleether valve on the radiator to let air out. If the level of the
coolant
> > goes down, i add coolant. before shutting down the engine, i put back
the
> > coolant cap.
> > I did this procedure twice but ther is always bubbles haunting my
system...
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Sylvain B�langer
> > Montreal, Quebec
> > 1982 1.6l TD westy With no name...
> >
> >
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