Considering that the Water Cooled Vanagon has been on the roads for about
20 years, I find it hard to believe that someone hasn't come up with a
simple solution to the 'burping the system' problem.
If you'll notice us aircooled guys always find a fix, work around or I
can live without it solution to everything.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:54:25 -0400 Jay L Snyder
<Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM> writes:
> Why rush something so critical as this?  Allow the engine to warm up.
>  Use
> the coolant system's own pressure to purge at the bleeder.  You want
> to get
> the best circulation you can, through both heater cores.  Then crack
> the
> radiator bleed bolt.  Nothing to it.
>
>
> Jay
>
>
>
>
> David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
> 10/09/2002
> 12:25:53 PM
>
> Please respond to David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
>
> Sent by:    Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>
>
> To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> cc:
> Subject:    Re: Air in the system
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Lawrence Johnson wrote:
>
> > The thermostat does not need to open because there is a small
> bypass
> valve built
> > into the thermostat that allows enough flow for bleeding
> purposes.
>
> Hmm...maybe this is true on the WBX, but on my diesel I get *no*
> flow at
> the radiator bleeder valve until the thermostat opens.  I don't even
> get
> air hissing out.  Last time I revved it up with the heater valve
> open to
> purge the heater core, topping up the expansion tank as needed,
> then
> closed the heater valve and let it warm up to operating temp before
> trying
> to bleed the radiator.
>
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