

| Subject: | Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic? |
| From: | Tim Demarest |
| Date: | Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:45:48 -0500 |
You mean, you make the filler the highest part of the cooling system? That's just so... Detroit! Next you're gonna tell me you added a petcock at the *lowest* point in the system for easy drainage! (don't anybody read this until Friday! :-) At 05:20 PM 3/4/2004 -0800, TJ Hannink wrote: >I haven't had to bleed my cooling system since I started filling it with >the rear end up in the air, making the top of the coolant reservoir the >same height as the top of the radiator. Just open all the bleeders, fill >with pre-mix, squeezing the hose between the right head and the coolant >distributor to get the bubbles out. I don't even run the motor, I do it >with the engine cold and haven't had any problems in the 4+ years I have >been doing it this way. I have tried to bleed per Bentley after filling >this way the first couple of times and have only gotten coolant out of the >rad bleeder, so I don't bother anymore. > >Good luck, > >Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: >Hi All, > >We all agree that this is a pain. I question the VW dealers service >department. > >TJ Hannink >Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition >Winter Park, Florida >http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers >http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster.
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