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Subject:Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
From:Daniel L. Katz
Date:Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:21:09 -0500

chris:

i don't answer those types of questions.

dan
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:34:35 EST, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 2/8/06 4:53:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
katzd54@YAHOO.COM
>writes:
>
>
>> ah, but there may be a serendipidy here. i have found that driving with
>> the bleeder screw just barely cracked, ideally with some steep uphill
>> grades, is an easy, effective, and not too messy way to bleed the
system.
>> if combined with a necessary trip(s), this is also much less energy
>> intensive than the standard procedure.
>>
>>
>
>how do you know when all the air has bled out and your starting to dump
>copious amounts of coolant? watch for the red light to start blinking and
then find
>a place to pull over and retighten the bleeder bolt?
>
>chris