The early plumbing is not as accommodating as the late version nor nearly as
good at self-bleeding.

The Bentley procedure was necessary on the 1.9 whereas I just faked it on
the 2.1 when I swapped motors and it worked fine.

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:23 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Woody Halsey <WHalsey@sya.org> wrote:
>
> > Ultimately, all I did was execute the simplest bleeding procedure, as
> > recommended by savvy list members. After a failed attempt with front end
> > up on ramps, I succeeded with the V'gon level in the garage
> >
>
> Is the 1.9 harder to bleed than the 2.1? I've never had a bit of trouble
> bleeding either of my vans, one time tail-up on ramps, and another time
> tilted sideways in a gas station parking lot after a typical coolant pipe
> metal insert failure on the freeway. It's all supposed to be self-bleeding
> anyway, right?
>
>
> --
> John Bange
>

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Jake

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