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Subject:Re: Air in the system
From:gary hradek
Date:Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:20:30 -0700

Dave,
    I am just guessing here dave but I think you
remove the blue cap in the back so that you get a flow
of fluid out the back after you have over filled the
system.   I still think that this will only displace
the air in the radiator,  Ed are you there for
comment?
         gary
--- DaveC <voicebox@dnai.com> wrote:
> --- Ed Sato <edsato@juno.com> wrote:
> >  I don't know if anyone remembers this but awhile
> back I posted a solution
> >  to filling the radiator from the bleeder hole
> with the engine cold. You
> >  use a plastic juice jug and a 3 feet length of
> aquarium air line.
> >  Puncture the bottom of the juice jug so the hole
> will fit the air line
> >  snugly. Put the other end in the radiator bleed
> hole. Fill the jug with
> >  premix fluid and fill till fluid comes out the
> bleed hole. You won't
> >  believe how fast and easy this method is. It is
> also fool proof. Hope
> >  everyone gets it this time.
> >  Aloha, Ed Sato
>
> I don't understand this...
>
> "filling the radiator from the bleeder hole..."
>
> and
>
> "Fill the jug with premix fluid and fill till fluid
> comes out the
> bleed hole..."
>
> Coolant in the bleed hole... fluid out the bleed
> hole. So, where does
> the air go?
>
> Dave
> --
> Dave Carpenter
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is
> indistinguishable from
> magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
>

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