Date:         Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:45:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without
              This Topic?
Comments: To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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You mean, you make the filler the highest part of the cooling system?
That's just so... Detroit!
Next you're gonna tell me you added a petcock at the *lowest* point in the
system for easy drainage!

(don't anybody read this until Friday! :-)


At 05:20 PM 3/4/2004 -0800, TJ Hannink wrote:
>I haven't had to bleed my cooling system since I started filling it with
>the rear end up in the air, making the top of the coolant reservoir the
>same height as the top of the radiator. Just open all the bleeders, fill
>with pre-mix, squeezing the hose between the right head and the coolant
>distributor to get the bubbles out. I don't even run the motor, I do it
>with the engine cold and haven't had any problems in the 4+ years I have
>been doing it this way. I have tried to bleed per Bentley after filling
>this way the first couple of times and have only gotten coolant out of the
>rad bleeder, so I don't bother anymore.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>We all agree that this is a pain. I question the VW dealers service
>department.
>
>TJ Hannink
>Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
>Winter Park, Florida
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