

| Subject: | Re: overheating vanagon 86 |
| From: | dylan |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:24:13 -0800 |
Bleed per Bentley manual at 2000rpm with front raised and all heater open and on full�for at least a few minutes to rule out air being trapped. If it still builds pressure, you have an internal head gasket failure, very common. A leak down test will confirm that. best of luck. dylan ________________________________ From: matthew <Mattmoosh2000@COMCAST.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 3:25:36 PM Subject: overheating vanagon 86 I bleed the air out of the system, I think I just got it all out, but there is not much pressure when I open the radiator bleeder. It was bubbleing slightly, but also constanly until I drove it a bit. I only bled them for 40 seconds after I drove. When it gets air the expansion tank builds a lot of pressure. The stream pumping in seems like it could be more constant. but if the bubbles are coming out of the radiator bleeder it could be the radiator? I am a novice, and a pump seems like it could pump air to the radiator. Does it sound like it could leak air in? it doesn't seem to be doing it right after I drove, but the expansion tank was at the min until I unscrewed the cap, then it quickly filled. P.S. I don't know where all the bubbles could be, or what the bleeder near the thermostat does.
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