At last!  A sensible method of bleeding a van.

Mike

On 10/10/02 1:17 PM, "Joachim Preiss" <jp0815@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> Why do it the easy way if you can have it more complicated? It's much more of
> an adventure to raise the front of the car 40cm above the back, then climb
> into the driver's seat and rev the engine at 2500RPM while waiting for the
> coolant to shoot out the bleeder. If I had a pool I'd submerge the van in
> coolant up to the steering wheel, then open all the hoses and let the air
> bubbles escape ... and at the same time I can check where my propane is
> leaking out.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:39:15 -0400 wb6otg <wb6otg@INTREX.NET> wrote:
>
>> I have posted this solution a time or two also,
>> but no one seem to want to do it this way.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> ---------------------------
>>  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
>>
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