I'd like to share something that someone on this list shared with me years ago. This is done after you've done all the "jack-up-the-front" stuff from Bentley, etc. After driving the van to full temperature let it cool down overnight. There will be some air in the rear reservoir. Open it up and fill it with coolant again. Drive it again until it's hot then let it cool overnight again. There will be more air there. Fill it back up. Keep doing this for about a week or until air stops appearing in the tank. After I did this the temp gauge is always below the led when I'm driving and when it idles it only goes a hair passed the led even on hot days. The light has never blinked. I'm convinced that most head problems people have are from too much air in their systems. Bryan |
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