| Subject: | Re: Bleeding cooling system |
| From: | Randy Charrette |
| Date: | Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:31:08 -0500 |
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>At 3/4 on the temp gauge the radiator cooling fan should be running . is it? Also the final kick for getting mine bled was useing a floor jack on the front end and getting it up about 2 feet. Also turn on heaters front and rear and check for heat (circulation).<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Leo Lipert <LEOLIPERT@HOME.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Leo Lipert <LEOLIPERT@HOME.COM> <DIV></DIV>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Bleeding cooling system <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:53:12 -0800 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Hi List, <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> I spent Saturday bleeding my cooling system on my '84 Westy. At first <DIV></DIV>>I was unable to get anything to come out of the radiator bleed screw, so <DIV></DIV>>I used Erik V.'s idea of replacing the coupling on the heater hose above <DIV></DIV>>the spare with a flush coupling. (Thanks Erik).This allowed me to fill <DIV></DIV>>the rad. with water and I was soon able to get coolant from the rad. <DIV></DIV>>bleed screw. I then tried the bleeding from the bleed fitting in the <DIV></DIV>>engine compartment. All I got was just a little dribble when turning the <DIV></DIV>>knob to the open position. My question is should there be a noticeable <DIV></DIV>>squirt/spray from this valve? Does it sound like it's operating <DIV></DIV>>properly? Should I replace it? Do I even need it? By the way, the reason <DIV></DIV>>for all this is my temp gage stays about halfway between the LED and the <DIV></DIV>>hot mark.(about 3/4) <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Thanks for your ideas. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Leo <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_etl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a>.<br></html>
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