Date:         Wed, 8 Feb 2006 04:35:00 -0500
Reply-To:     "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system

john:

ah, but there may be a serendipidy here. i have found that driving with
the bleeder screw just barely cracked, ideally with some steep uphill
grades, is an easy, effective, and not too messy way to bleed the system.
if combined with a necessary trip(s), this is also much less energy
intensive than the standard procedure.

dan

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 13:31:59 -0600, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

>yeah, I think it was pure sloveness.
>
>regards,
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>
>Zoltan wrote:
>
>> That shows the interest of the mechanic in the quality of the job
>> done.  He knew well that it will not work, yet he installed it
>> anyway.  Was lazy to find an other washer.  That way the job would
>> have taken the amount of time that is allocated and would not have
>> made four hours in two.  Somehow I don't see how a shop can do it fast
>> and well too.  The two does not fit with each other.  A conflict of
>> interest.
>> Zoltan
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:51 PM
>> Subject: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
>>
>>
>>> Ok. New water pump put in by a shop, front end up, bleed the system per
>>> Bentley. Kept having burping problems. Jacked the back end up, bleed
the
>>> system, no more air from the radiator. Drop it down. Fill the  tank
with
>>> coolant. Good to go. So down the road I go.
>>>
>>> It's night,  I'm running down the road at 50 mph,  low coolant  warning
>>> light comes on blinking.  I pull over,  open the hatch, look around,
>>> shine the light on the expansion tank. Sure enough it's low. Top it
off,
>>> close it up, and off I go. 3 miles later the light comes on again. Same
>>> problem. Fill it - go. Did this three or four times before getting
home.
>>> Next day, could find anything wrong, but did some local runs. Same
>>> problem. No Apparent leakage anywhere. I took the vehicle back to the
>>> shop. On the way, I stopped for fuel and while in paying for it, looked
>>> out and saw a wet spot on my air dam. Took a close look and I could see
>>> where a little dribbble of coolant had run down. Went on to the garage.
>>>
>>> Turns out that the mechanic had dropped the radiator bolt, lost the
>>> washer on it, and it would not seat right without it. So as I drove the
>>> coolant - and any trapped air - was being vented.
>>>
>>> So there it is folks, the hard way to bleed the system. But it works.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> John Rodgers
>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>
>>>
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