Date:         Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:58:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your
              van's rad.
Comments: To: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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On 10/21/2007 11:00 AM Geza Polony wrote:

> Funny, I've never had any need to bleed the system, even after doing coolant
> flushes, changing water pumps, etc. It just seems like you fill it up, drive
> it around a bit, put more in if necessary, and that's it. Is there something
> I'm missing?
>

This is a good question. Renegade air bits will accumulate at the top of
the radiator, it being the highest point of the system, yes no? If a liter
of air hangs out up there, will it affect cooling? Maybe it expands more
than the coolant when hot and forces more coolant into the coolant
recovery tank* than would otherwise go there?

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* See Jim? I'm teachable!


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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR