I just replaced the radiator in my 83.5 and was in the same quandry.  I
tried different methods including of course Bently's procedures.  But what
worked the best, easiest was a flush/fill tee in the heater hose above the
spare.  The only IMPORTANT thing to be concious of is filling with the hose
on trickle.  Do a search on the list for "flushing" or "filling" cooling
system.  Do it this way and never have to curse your vanagon again in
regards to this.   If you want a detailed lowdown on the technique and a
pic of my "fillamatic 2000"  Email me directly........

Good Luck

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:27:50 -0700, kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM>
wrote:

>Hello all....
>
>I've been searching the archives for hours...reading
>one opinion after another (and a few good arguements)
>about how to bleed the air out of a 2.1 coolant system
>. Does anyone have a Bomproof Method they can
>recommend on how to do this procedure????
>
>Please respond asap as I GOTTA get this done.
>
>Cheers!
>kevindobrien@yahoo.com
>
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