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Subject:Re: air bleeding
From:Jim Felder
Date:Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:51:04 -0600

Again, he wrote me directly about this matter, and I explained more
carefully in my reply (which didn't go to the list). sometimes it's hard to
know what to concentrate on, detailwise, until you know what the other guy
doesn't know.
Jim

On Jan 3, 2008 3:43 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
wrote:

> Well, if it gets cold enough, the coolant will turn solid all right.
>
> The post could use some re-writing for clarity's sake, ESPECIALLY since
> it's
> addressing a guy who evidently is just barely starting out on vanagon
> knowledge.
>
> 'air-free coolant' would have been more understandable.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> James Henry
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: air bleeding
>
> Please tell us about "solid coolant". Is it orange, blue, or green? :-)
>
> Jim
>
>
> >Then take a 13mm box wrench and remove the radiator bleed screw. If solid
> coolant comes out, replace immediately and put things back together.
> >If air comes out, wait until solid coolant appears.
>