Jacking up the rear seems to work. I don't have gurgling or overheating or heater problems so far as hot coolant goes. Now blower motors....that's another story. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Karl Wolz wrote: > Yeah, but it DOES get the air out of the radiator. > > Karl Wolz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Rodgers" <inua@HIWAAY.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: How to bleed the cooling system??? > > > My mechanic jacks up the REAR of my van to do the bleeding of air from the > > system. You can do the same by parking on a really steep grade, opening > the cap > > on the > > coolant expansion tank and letting it run a while. This is the easiest > way. That > > jacking up the front and bleeding is a PITA. > > > > Good luck. > > > > John Rodgers > > 88 GL Driver. BTDT > > > > Sylvain B wrote: > > > > > OOPS!!! > > > Hi all again... :) > > > I own 1 1982 1.6l TD Westy. > > > After repairing a leak in my cooling system, i still have bubles in the > > > system. > > > I hear the swishing sound of those bubles behind the dashboard when i > use > > > the heather. > > > I tried to do like i saw a mechanic once: > > > I raise the front end of the van abou 18 inches, I open the cap of the > > > filling tank on the engine, tet run the engine at about 2000 rpm to get > the > > > engine warm. > > > When the coolant gets hot and circulates, i alternatively open and close > the > > > bleether valve on the radiator to let air out. If the level of the > coolant > > > goes down, i add coolant. before shutting down the engine, i put back > the > > > coolant cap. > > > I did this procedure twice but ther is always bubbles haunting my > system... > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Sylvain Bélanger > > > Montreal, Quebec > > > 1982 1.6l TD westy With no name... > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > |
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