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Subject:Re: !985 Vanagon radiator leak.
From:Marion Lathem
Date:Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:14:38 -0500

Sam,  I got the job done,  it was easy, but how long it will last is
anybody's guess. I at least don't have a drip any longer. ( Right now )  I
can't really tell if water is traveling in the upper hose.  The lower hose
is hot, the top  ( back of firewall ) is cool.  It seems the flow is just
not right..?

   I did bleed the system, put all the water in it would hold with the front
down, rear up ( driveway is at a slope ) then I started it, and water shot
out, and I let it fast idle until all the bubbles were gone from the screw
vent on top of the radiator.

  I have a serious missing at low idle 800 to 900 RPM's.  I have to run it
up to a thousand to level it out...?  Can't find a vacuum leak... any
ideals..?

Thanks in advance, Lyle