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Gerry's reply #1: search bleeding cooling system in vanagon ->65 matches.

Item # Date Time Recs Subject ------ ---- ---- ---- ------- 006577 94/12/05 10:21 31 Low Coolant in fill tank...:( 007582 95/01/14 11:57 25 Engine Surges 007604 95/01/14 21:32 32 RE:Engine Surges 007605 95/01/14 18:45 15 Bleeding cooling system 007606 95/01/14 22:06 19 Re: Bleeding cooling system 007621 95/01/15 12:02 41 Re: Bleeding cooling system ><<<<SNIP>>> To order a copy of these postings, send the following command:

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<snip> Item #6577 (5 Dec 1994 10:21) - Low Coolant in fill tank...:( the excess tank back up and hoped that I didn't get too much air into the system. I think the loss of coolant is linked ^^^^^^ to the cold weather and hence the use of the aux heater. And you know what that lead's to. The dreaded leaking aux. heater. I'll be checking that out tonight as well has bleeding the ^^^^^^^^ cooling system to get rid of any air bubble nasties. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^

Any suggestions as to the bleeding procedure other than to ^^^^^^^^ jack the front end up? Do I just open the bleeder valve in front, or is there other things I need to do to bleed this system properly? ^^^^^^

GERRY"S #2 REPLY:

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Summary of resource utilization ------------------------------- CPU time: 1.328 sec Overhead CPU: 1.047 sec CPU model: 2x90MHz Pentium (64M) > > >GERRY"S LAST REPLY (the letters): >>>> Posting number 6577, dated 5 Dec 1994 10:21:09 >Date: Mon, 5 Dec 94 10:21:09 PST >Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> >From: Steve Johnson <sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com> >Subject: Low Coolant in fill tank...:( > >With all this discussion about coolant changing and jacking >the car up at both ends I decided to check my coolant level >this morning along with the oil check. Lo and behold there >was no coolant in the excess fill tank (not expansion tank) >I didn't have time to check the expansion tank and just filled >the excess tank back up and hoped that I didn't get too much >air into the system. I think the loss of coolant is linked >to the cold weather and hence the use of the aux heater. And >you know what that lead's to. The dreaded leaking aux. heater. >I'll be checking that out tonight as well has bleeding the >cooling system to get rid of any air bubble nasties. > >Any suggestions as to the bleeding procedure other than to >jack the front end up? Do I just open the bleeder valve in >front, or is there other things I need to do to bleed this >system properly? > >Oh. I'm talking about a '91 GL Camper here. > >Steven >---------------------- >Steven Johnson >sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com >'91 VW Camper GL, '86 Nissan Sentra >Previously owned: '68 bug, '70 squareback, '74 Camper > > >>>> Posting number 7582, dated 14 Jan 1995 11:57:42 >Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 11:57:42 -0600 (CST) >Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> >From: "J. Meade" <jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> >Subject: Engine Surges > >While bleeding air from my cooling system, I ran the engine at about 2000 >RPM by putting a dime in the throttle linkage. After it warmed up good, >it started periods of running at 2100 and then dropping to 1900 a >