George Goff wrote: > In a message dated 3/8/04 9:36:47 AM, gull@GULL.US writes: > > << The technical problem is there's no room for an expansion bottle above the > radiator in the Vanagon. ;) > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE >> > > Finally, the plain and simple truth! > > George I'm not so sure we even need an expansion bottle in the front when all we're really trying to do is purge air from the cooling system. I read an advertisement not too long ago for a fitting that was specifically designed to bleed air from a fluid system without leaking fluid. It used a small piece of Gore-Tex, which air can pass through but not liquid. Unfortunately, my old computer died and I have not recovered the data from it yet. Anybody familiar with these? -- Michael Snow 1982 Westfalia 1.9D 1986 GL 1987 Syncro GL |
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