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Subject:Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:03:13 -0500

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> If there is enough coolant for the pump to pump it, it will work out
> some air on its own. The need for frequent or difficult bleeding is
> indicative of a problem.

I suspect a lot of people who "can't seem to get all the air out" probably
have a head gasket leak injecting new "air" into their system.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon