Date:         Wed, 14 May 2003 08:28:41 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: Coolant air - prevents fan?
Comments: To: Dustin Fitch <DSF70@AOL.COM>
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On Tue, 13 May 2003, Dustin Fitch wrote:

> I'm thinking now you are probably right......I didn't bleed for that long out
> there....getting rained on.  I bet when I go back out there tomorrow when
> she's cool, it'll be bone dry in the tank.

It's really helpful if you can get a second person to handle the bleeder
while you stand in back.  When I did the coolant change on my diesel, when
I first revved it up it was all I could do to keep it from sucking the
expansion tank dry.  It was literally pulling coolant into the system as
fast as I could pour it from the jug.  I'd done this myself before,
running back and forth, and kinda/sorta gotten it to work, but with a
helper it was *so* much quicker.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si