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Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:40:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bleeding the Coolant system
Comments: To: Eric Unrau <eunrau@YAHOO.CA>
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The heater system bleeds itself readily. For best flow to the front heater and the radiator, the two hoses should be isolated, not connected together.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Eric Unrau Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:20 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Bleeding the Coolant system

Last week, in an attempt to remove the smell of coolant from my '89 Westy, I:

1) removed the rear heater 2) spliced the coolant hoses together with a copper plumbing elbow 3) removed the bed/bench and cleaned up all of the leaked coolant

So far, so good. No leaks -> no smell.

Here's my question. In the process of removing the heater, some coolant was lost and therefore some air entered the system. Do I need to bleed the system? How would I know if there are any air bubbles trapped in there??

Thx

Eric '89 Westy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Unrau eunrau@yahoo.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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