Hi List,

   I spent Saturday bleeding my cooling system on my '84 Westy. At first
I was unable to get anything to come out of the radiator bleed screw, so
I used Erik V.'s idea of replacing the coupling on the heater hose above
the spare with a flush coupling. (Thanks Erik).This allowed me to fill
the rad. with water and I was soon able to get coolant from the rad.
bleed screw. I then tried the bleeding from the bleed fitting in the
engine compartment. All I got was just a little dribble when turning the
knob to the open position. My question is should there be a noticeable
squirt/spray from this valve? Does it sound like it's operating
properly? Should I replace it? Do I even need it? By the way, the reason
for all this is my temp gage stays about halfway between the LED and the
hot mark.(about 3/4)

Thanks for your ideas.

Leo