It's unclear to me how the coolant flows through the radiator in a 1.9l.

The drawing on p. 19.10 in Bentley's kinda suggests that coolant flows
into the top of the radiator and out the bottom. The drawing on p. 19.12
is less-clear to my uneducated eyeballs.
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On 10/23/2007 3:22 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Its also one of the fastest moving sectors Mike, so any air will be
> moved along pretty quickly.  That water pump is very efficient.   :)
>
> The rad bleeder's a good spot to check for air after driving, as someone
> else mentioned, but otherwise............
>
> On 10/23/07, * Michael Elliott* <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/21/2007 11:00 AM Geza Polony wrote:
>
>      > Funny, I've never had any need to bleed the system, even after
>     doing coolant
>      > flushes, changing water pumps, etc. It just seems like you fill
>     it up, drive
>      > it around a bit, put more in if necessary, and that's it. Is
>     there something
>      > I'm missing?
>      >
>
>     This is a good question. Renegade air bits will accumulate at the top of
>     the radiator, it being the highest point of the system, yes no? If a
>     liter
>     of air hangs out up there, will it affect cooling? Maybe it expands more
>     than the coolant when hot and forces more coolant into the coolant
>     recovery tank* than would otherwise go there?
>
>     ===
>     * See Jim? I'm teachable!
>
>
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>     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
>
>
>
>
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