Peter;
        When tyou open the valve any air is forced out the top small hose
to the resevoir where it will be bled out during cool down.

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:40:18 EDT Peter Krogh <VW85Westy@AOL.COM> writes:
> Hello list,
> In my seemingly never-ending quest to diagnose/repair cooling
> system, I have
> onew more question.
>
> Does the bleeder valve in the engine compartment bleed coolant when
> open?  I
> wonder if mine is working.  When I bleed system, with valve screwed
> all the
> way counter-clockwise (the vlave screws back about 1/4 inch), I
> never get
> coolant out the hole.  Does this mean that it is not actually
> bleeding the
> air in the system?
>
> TIA,
> Peter
>
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