Jacking up the rear seems to work. I don't have gurgling or overheating or
heater problems so far as hot coolant goes. Now blower motors....that's another
story.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Karl Wolz wrote:

> 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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