yeah, I think it was pure sloveness.

regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Zoltan wrote:

> That shows the interest of the mechanic in the quality of the job
> done.  He knew well that it will not work, yet he installed it
> anyway.  Was lazy to find an other washer.  That way the job would
> have taken the amount of time that is allocated and would not have
> made four hours in two.  Somehow I don't see how a shop can do it fast
> and well too.  The two does not fit with each other.  A conflict of
> interest.
> Zoltan
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:51 PM
> Subject: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
>
>
>> Ok. New water pump put in by a shop, front end up, bleed the system per
>> Bentley. Kept having burping problems. Jacked the back end up, bleed the
>> system, no more air from the radiator. Drop it down. Fill the  tank with
>> coolant. Good to go. So down the road I go.
>>
>> It's night,  I'm running down the road at 50 mph,  low coolant  warning
>> light comes on blinking.  I pull over,  open the hatch, look around,
>> shine the light on the expansion tank. Sure enough it's low. Top it off,
>> close it up, and off I go. 3 miles later the light comes on again. Same
>> problem. Fill it - go. Did this three or four times before getting home.
>> Next day, could find anything wrong, but did some local runs. Same
>> problem. No Apparent leakage anywhere. I took the vehicle back to the
>> shop. On the way, I stopped for fuel and while in paying for it, looked
>> out and saw a wet spot on my air dam. Took a close look and I could see
>> where a little dribbble of coolant had run down. Went on to the garage.
>>
>> Turns out that the mechanic had dropped the radiator bolt, lost the
>> washer on it, and it would not seat right without it. So as I drove the
>> coolant - and any trapped air - was being vented.
>>
>> So there it is folks, the hard way to bleed the system. But it works.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver
>>
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