Hi Don,

Looks to be a handy-dandy way to top off the rad! Permission to post it in
the wiki?

Is there also a commercial version of the "easy bleed"?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 10/20/2007 5:57 AM Don Hanson wrote:

> Get a peice of hard tubing that is slightly smaller than the I.D. of the
> radiator air bleed bolt hole.  Available in the Northwest at True Value
> Hardware or other sources.  Bend it into an S-shape.  Attach a funnel type
> device and pour some coolant into the device with the hard tubing inside the
> treaded hole where the air bleed screw sits..  The S-curve in the hard
> tubing between the funnel and the end of the tubing will support the funnel
> device.  I do this when the motor is off, usually after driving my van and
> with the nose up a bit.  It would probably be smart to turn on your heaters
> as you approach your 'bleeding-site"...
>    Pour about a cup of coolant into the funnel and watch the air come
> bubbling out of the rad.  Repeat.  When you get a solid stream of liquid,
> you are done (for this time)..I do this drill a few times, until I get no
> more bubbling when I add coolant.  I keep my dorky-device in the van for
> road emergencies and I usually do a "pre-trip" air-bleed procedure.  Takes
> me about 2 mins to remove/bleed/replace.
>   Wonder why VW made the bleed screw so hard to get to when it gets used so
> often and can be the cause of so many problems with a Vanagon..
>   Don Hanson
>