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Subject:Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
From:John Rodgers
Date:Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:18:00 -0600

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 2/8/06 4:53:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, katzd54@YAHOO.COM
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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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>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?
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>chris
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Yup!

BTDT per the original description. Didn't know the "Why" behind it but
it worked.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver