Date:         Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:52:23 -0800
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Jan 2003 to 15 Jan 2003 - Special issue
              (#2003-53)
Comments: cc: ben@volkscafe.com
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Ben,
    When vw bleeds you van they want you to go away
with a completely air free system.   They do not want
you to return with an overheating van or to have to
add coolant.   On the otherhand when you do the work
yourself you can remove most of the air and live with
a small amount while you check it on your short
drives.
I prefer to point the van downhill myself but I really
think it makes absolutely no difference as long as you
get most of the air out and add coolant later on when
the coolant tank looks a little low after your short
drives and after it has cooled down.   gary
Hey Gary,
I tend to agree with you overall, but this is
something that VW
themselves
say to do (raising the front).  I always thought it
was a matter of
getting
an uphill slope on the hoses to the radiator, but
maybe I'm missing
something?
tx,
bmc  :)
Ben McCafferty
ben@volkscafe.com

Volks Cafe
1823 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA  95062
831-426-1244
http://www.volkscafe.com


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