Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:18:27 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: bleeding a van - coolant
Maybe it's full???
Are you getting bubbles or liquid out of the bleed screw? If liquid, then
there's a good chance that you're done!
Unless the repair you just finished involved draining the coolant from the
radiator, you may not have lost coolant from the front end of the system.
If the thermostat opens and you have coolant flow and it runs and stays at
the proper temperature, what more could you possibly want (besides a paint
job;-))?
Assuming the above conditions are met, drive it around with the grill off
for a couple days and stop every so often and open the bleed screw to let
out the few extra bubbles that will probably show up.
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike miller" <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
To: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>;
"mike miller" <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: bleeding a van - coolant
> Coolant still won't go into the van. Got maybe 5 oz more in, tried with
van
> level and with the back end jacked up.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Mike
>
> > From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
> > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:22:03 -0700
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>, "mike miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> > Subject: Re: bleeding a van - coolant
> >
> > Why doncha just ask about tires or gun control, for Chrissake? We
aren't
> > going to hear the end of this thread till Halloween.
> >
> > Fill the engine as best you can while level. You now have ninety -
> > ninety-five percent of the coolant in. Now jack up the front end and
start
> > up the engine. Open your heater boxes and your bypass valve (on the
> > firewall in your '85). Let it run till the thermostat opens and THEN
open
> > your bleed valve to allow air to escape. You'll want to keep the engine
> > rpms up around 3K while venting (good job for GF/SO/wife). Should only
take
> > a few minutes once it's warmed up.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mike miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 11:15 AM
> > Subject: bleeding a van - coolant
> >
> >
> >> Van gurus,
> >>
> >> I bled the coolant in the course of another job on the van, thinking to
> > kill
> >> two birds with, well, you know.
> >>
> >> The BOOK says to open the bleeder, jack up the front of the van, and
add
> >> coolant through the tank in the rear.
> >>
> >> The tank is above the thermostat, which is, of course, closed. Now I'm
> >> supposed to start the engine and run it and add coolant.
> >>
> >> QUESTION: Am I going to toast the engine before that thermostat opens
and
> >> lets in coolant? And if so, how do I get coolant in?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> from Sacramento, and confusion [and chagrin; I've done this before and
> > can't
> >> remember how.]
> >
> >
>
>
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