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Subject:Re: air bleeding
From:Mike Collum
Date:Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:25:20 -0500
No.  1.9s don't have a thermostat bleed screw.  1.9 thermostats are at
the waterpump.  There is a bleeder on the firewall fwd of the engine.
It bleeds internally allowing any air to go from the lower to the upper
hose there.

Mike

Jim Felder wrote:
> Do 1.9s have a thermostat bleed screw? I thought that was on 2.1s only.
>
> Jim
>
>
>>   If the gurgle comes from the
>> back, open the bleeder by the thermostat a turn or two.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> --
>> John Meeks
>>
>> '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits
>> Northern Michigan
>> KC8ZFN
>>
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>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
>>
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