Or you could just jack the rear end of the van up about a foot so the top of the coolant expansion tank is level with the radiator bleeder valve. I've filled my system this way last year, then test drove the van and attempted the "Bentley bleed" but got nothing out but coolant. I don't even bother with bleeding the system anymore after filling this way, I just keep a close eye on the overflow tank full for the first couple of trips. Tim
--- "John P. Flaherty" <jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM> wrote: <SNIP> > If the problem with the vanagon cooling system is > that the fill point is not > the highest point in the system then why can't you > just extend the height of > the fill point, i.e. clamp a 2 foot length of hose > to the opening in the > tank and pour the coolant in through that? It would > be much higher than the > radiator, and should therefore force air out through > the radiator bleed > screw. > ===== Tim Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition Winter Park, Florida http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com |
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