This isn't quite the same thing, but for filling the new, but empty
cooling system on my Westy, I used this:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=234192&highlight=coolant

Worked great. My only caveat is beware of coolant "kicking" back if
you fill it too full. i.e. it was too full, I revved the engine for a
bit, let it come to idle, and some coolant came out the top. Other
than that, worked fine.

Neil.

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I do that to my van's cooling system. I use an old funnel I made up with a
> piece of aluminum fire suppression tubing.  The tubing fits into the hole
> after you remove that pesky bleeder screw/bolt.  Mine comes out, but it is
> tight quarters.  I put an "s-bend" into that appx 1/4" tubing and attached
> that to a piece of hose, then out to the funnel...I 'top-up' the radiator
> through the bleed hole and find it works great rather than all that fussing
> around with throttle and engine speed and getting the van on the proper
> slant, etc etc.
>  I just park mine on a hill with the radiator high.  Let it sit a bit and
> take out the bleed screw.  Pour in the coolant till it stops 'bubbling' and
> comes back out as a steady stream..No more air at all in there.  I carry
> that setup along in case I overheat along the road somewhere..hasn't
> happened yet.
>  Don Hanson
>

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