Precisely!!

And you have the low coolant level warning light to come on to warn you
if you have over done it!!

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Daniel L. Katz wrote:

>john:
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>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.
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>dan
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>On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 13:31:59 -0600, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
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>>yeah, I think it was pure sloveness.
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>>regards,
>>
>>John Rodgers
>>88 GL Driver
>>
>>Zoltan wrote:
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>>>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
>>>
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>>>>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
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>the
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>>>>system, no more air from the radiator. Drop it down. Fill the  tank
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>>>>coolant. Good to go. So down the road I go.
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>>>>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
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>>>>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
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>>>>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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