John,

VW specifies jacking up the front end sixteen inches AND running the engine
at 3000 rpm so that the water pump will push all of the air uphill through
the system to the radiator and pressurize the system.

If you think 16" is way up there, you should have seen the first time I bled
the system and misread 40cm as 40".  Thank God it didn't fall off the
stacked up cement blocks.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: John P. Flaherty <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: Idling high and uneven. Problem filling with coolant.

>I too had difficulty getting coolant out the bleeder. Turns out I didn't
>have it jacked high enough. 16 inches is waaayyyy up there. Once I had it
>high enough, it came out no problem, and before the engine was warm.
>
>John Flaherty
>'84 GL
>'74 SB
>