Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:28:59 -0500
Reply-To: Katy <katya@netins.net>
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From: Katy <katya@netins.net>
Subject: Temp and Bleeding system
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Hi Volks and Karl, David, Darrell, Donna and other kind souls who emailed.
My hubby now refers to the "list" as "the council". "Take it before the
council" was his advise after we bled the system. Yikes what an ordeal!
Up on the ramps (and I measured too) 20 inches off the ground from the
cross member. Hubby in front with the radiator bleed screw, Gabe (17
year old son) in the van to start and run it at 2000 rpm when needed and
me at the back with the housing bleeder valve open expansion cap off and
coolant in hand. To my dismay when I opened the expansion valve the
color of my supposedly 2 new @ $10.59 a gallon orange Dexcool was olive
greenish . (arghhh....is this now going to screw my system up even
more????) The reason I changed it was the PO shop had put some
recycled stuff in it-and even they couldn't tell me what it was. No
wonder I couldn't find a green, phosphate free, e.g. brand) So I
didn't get a flush after all from Chris which he confirmed by phone. We
got air out but no coolant ever came out of the rear bleeder and we
followed the Bentley and list advise ver batim. (is coolant supposed to
come out of the rear too?) Took it for a drive and I'm still funning
3/4. So tomorrow we're going to put in the new 180 degree thermostat
and BLEED it again. Time is running out and if I don't get out of here
soon I'm liable to get sued for not showing up.
Oh....Jezebel is being naughty.
> After a flush and fill, there will be air bubbles in the system, no matter how
> good of a job Chris did. Before you do anything else, bleed the system.
> Bentley and I believe Vanagon.com have instructions on how to bleed. It's much
> easier with two people and doesn't take long at all.
Ha.....for you guru's no. For me 1/2 an hour and panicked the whole
time worrying we're doing it wrong. Hubby is ready to let me sleep
outside in the Westy. Oh.....and I crawled underneath while it was up
there and sure enough I still had a leak on the pass side main long hose
at the clamp. Ended up putting on a new clamp and think that's finally
fixed. Looked like its been leaking a while too. That was something I
was told was taken care of yesterday. Hubby says it was the clamp.
Acts like it tightens but really didn't.
Thanks again for all the tips they're really appreciated. Any more
clues, hints, tips from "The Council"?
Katy
89 Westy "Jezebel"
NE Iowa
