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Subject:Re: Portland OR Vanagon Engine Swap Shop
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:24:55 -0700

Bleeding is easy with the Libby Bong.  Far fewer hoses and plastic parts in
the 1.9, but it looks like 2.1 components are easier to find, if a bit
expensive.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Karl Wolz
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Portland OR Vanagon Engine Swap Shop

Gotta agree with Jeff. Never a problem bleeding my 2.1, but the old 1.9 was
always a PITA!

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

> On Aug 18, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> The 1.9 cooling system is "much simpler" than the 2.1?   Uh... no.  :-)