On 10/19/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, John -- I really appreciate it! > > Mellow Yellow's cooling bits have been reinstalled, coolant added, bubbles > accounted for, butt end lifted, rad bled until no bubbles, no drips > detected. Rad and hoses heat up, indicating flow of hot coolant, but that > bleeder valve at the front of the engine compartment doesn't do anything > regardless of being clockwise or counter-clockwise. > Mike, You won't see it doing anything. It just shunts any air that might be there back to the expansion tank where it flows out to the overflow tank. Congrats on the EZ bleed. It works at least as well as the front up engine revving run back and forth Bentley method. What did you do for that gasket? John |
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