Interesting,  I agree, just looked in my Bentley and mine uses the same words but aprox. 40cm (15 3/4").  Makes me wonder why the differance.

Scot
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:20:53
 Ben McCafferty wrote:
>One of must have a typo, then.  Page 19.16, just below fig. 5, "--raise
>vehicle approx. 10cm (4 in.) at front under cross-member with floor jack and
>wooden support or equivalent"
>
>What would be the benefit of going higher?  Is there another point in the
>system that's higher than the top of the radiator?  Hmmmm....
>
>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 13:05:49 -0700
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>
>> That's straight our of my Bentley.  Matter of fact, the first time I bled
>> the system, I misread it as 40".  That was a bitch of a job!
>>
>> Karl
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>
>>
>>> 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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