Karl, was that in a tech bulletin or something?  My Bentley say 10 cm, or
about 4"?
tx,
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:47:51 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>
> @ 4", you may not have fully bled the heater boxes.  VW specifies 40cm, or
> about 16".
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Evens" <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>
>
>> I am new to the list so Greetings to all.  It had been some years since I
>> changed hoses on a Vanagon and I forgot to "bleed" the system when I
>> recently removed the alternator bracket to fix a stripped stud.  I had to
>> empty the system in order to remove the water pipe that goes across the
>> engine in front of the bracket.  While driving it afterwards it heated up
> a
>> little and for some odd reason corrected or bled itself as I haven't had a
>> temperature problem since.  Lucky me.
>>
>> I don't know about anyone else's van but there is no mistaking when my
>> cooling fan is on. When I've been driving it and I shut the engine off it
>> runs a while afterwards.
>>
>> On a funny note, the last time I bled the system, some "expert" told me I
>> had to jack the front of the van 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND!  I used a Handy
> Man
>> "High Lift" jack that time. I have found out since that 4 inches will do.
>>
>> Walter Evens
>> Hesperia, CA
>> 85 GL (late 84)
>> 85 GL (early 85)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>
>>
>>> Thanks Ken and Ed. I didn't do anything with the radiator when I changed
>> the
>>> thermostat. This is the first time I've had any indications of trouble
>> from
>>> the front end. NOtice that I don't think the cooling fan comes on so, of
>>> course, it heats up more when driving up hill or when stopped. I don't
>> hear
>>> the fan but it may be operating. I'll just do first things first and
> check
>>> where the leak is coming from this a.m. and go from there.
>>> Bob Stevens
>>>
>>>
>>>
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