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Date:         Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:11:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Keith Adams <keith_adams@TRANSCANADA.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Keith Adams <keith_adams@TRANSCANADA.COM>
Subject:      Overheating while bleeding?

Fricking frackin van. My 86 2WD Westy has been running a little warm (have to turn the heater on sometimes) so I figure I'd better bleed it to be sure there's no air in it. So I park it up on the ramps, expansion cap off and it's up to temp, but I'm getting nothing from the thermostat bleed screw, some air from the rad, but I can tell if it's going in or coming out (coolant starts siphoning out of expansion tank?).

Anyways, before getting any coolant out of the thermostat bleed screw or radiator bleed screw, my coolant boils over! What a mess!

Thoughts? Bad thermostat (rad was warm, but no coolant from bleed screw). Did I screw something up in the procedure?

Ack. Keith Adams calgary.ab.ca


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