Date:         Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:49:34 -0800
Reply-To:     Eric Unrau <eunrau@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         Eric Unrau <eunrau@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
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          Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>, gary hradek <hradek@yahoo.com>
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Thanks gents!

The repair went smoothly, other than some scuffed knuckles.  The leaky
"T" forced me to swap in the two new hoses I'd been carrying around for
a couple of months (T to R head and T to TStat housing).  All is well
now, no drips, temp gauge hovers at same level as before repair.

I managed to lose only about 4 litres of coolant from the "T", and
plugged the smaller hose that leads to the rad before a lot more fluid
came out.  I drove the front up on the ramps and bled a few bubbles out
of the rad, but after 5-10 minutes there were no more.  So...a couple
questions:

1)  Is that all there is, or is there more bleeding to do?

2)  I've been adding about 1 litre of 50:50 blue stuff per month for the
last 6 months or so, plus the 4 to 5 litres added in today.  Is an 80%
coolant replacement almost as good as a full flush, or should I plan to
a proper flush in the spring?


~Eric~

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> George Goff
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:46 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
>
> In a message dated 1/9/03 2:20:43 PM, eunrau@YAHOO.CA writes:
>
> << Any tips, insight pointers??? >>
>
> Eric,
>
> Beg, borrow, steal or make 4 hose pinch off clamps.  Also, now is the
tme
> to
> justify buying a pair of spring clamp pliers.
>
> George