

| 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 >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 > > > > Yup! BTDT per the original description. Didn't know the "Why" behind it but it worked. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
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