At last! A sensible method of bleeding a van. Mike On 10/10/02 1:17 PM, "Joachim Preiss" <jp0815@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Why do it the easy way if you can have it more complicated? It's much more of > an adventure to raise the front of the car 40cm above the back, then climb > into the driver's seat and rev the engine at 2500RPM while waiting for the > coolant to shoot out the bleeder. If I had a pool I'd submerge the van in > coolant up to the steering wheel, then open all the hoses and let the air > bubbles escape ... and at the same time I can check where my propane is > leaking out. > > > > On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:39:15 -0400 wb6otg <wb6otg@INTREX.NET> wrote: > >> I have posted this solution a time or two also, >> but no one seem to want to do it this way. >> >> Bill >> >> --------------------------- >> I don't know if anyone remembers this but >> awhile back I posted a solution >> to filling the radiator from the bleeder hole >> with the engine cold. You >> use a plastic juice jug and a 3 feet length of >> aquarium air line. >> Puncture the bottom of the juice jug so the >> hole will fit the air line >> snugly. Put the other end in the radiator >> bleed hole. Fill the jug with >> premix fluid and fill till fluid comes out the >> bleed hole. You won't >> believe how fast and easy this method is. It >> is also fool proof. Hope >> everyone gets it this time. Aloha, Ed Sato >> > |
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