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Subject:Re: bleeding coolant/archives
From:David Bogle / Architecture
Date:Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:41:22 -0400

FoxhntrPat@AOL.COM wrote:

> Volks- I've searched gerry for "coolant bleeding." etc. but can't find Dennis
> Haynes(?) or others' EASY-to-do & follow instructions.

Please post responses back to list.  I will be helpful to many newbies to the
water-cooled world, like myself.

> The system was
> properly bled when Tug's heads were replaced more than 1 month ago.  Refill
> level was fine after light blinked last nite, but this a.m. expansion tank
> half full while refill tank still ok.  (No drips anywhere on ground.)  Since
> I'm by myself, I need a one-person method, if possible.  I can find the
> radiator bleeder valve & have the Bentley- but my ability is very basic!
>
> I'd like to first assume bleeding air from system rather than heater core,
> etc.  (Expansion tank/sensor looks healthy to me).
>
> FoxhntrPat@aol.com
> Tugboat, '90 Syncro Westy

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David Bogle

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