Where you running at around 3000 rpm?

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Keith Adams
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Overheating while bleeding?

Fricking frackin van.  My 86 2WD Westy has been running a little warm
(have to turn the
heater on sometimes) so I figure I'd better bleed it to be sure there's
no air in it.  So I park it
up on the ramps, expansion cap off and it's up to temp, but I'm getting
nothing from the
thermostat bleed screw, some air from the rad, but I can tell if it's
going in or coming out
(coolant starts siphoning out of expansion tank?).

Anyways, before getting any coolant out of the thermostat bleed screw or
radiator bleed
screw, my coolant boils over!  What a mess!

Thoughts?  Bad thermostat (rad was warm, but no coolant from bleed
screw).  Did I screw
something up in the procedure?

Ack.
Keith Adams
calgary.ab.ca