One of the fastest ways to fill coolant through the bleeder screw is to use
the windshield washer tank, pump and hose from another van. the hose on it
fits into the little hole. you can just fill up the windshield washer tank
and have the little pump do the work for you. you can fill the whole system
with this effortless and air free within minutes (front up).
got the idea from paul guzyk.
florian

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
>