I done this too, using a small plastic funnel and clear plastic tubing, about 1/4 inch id. They make little 90 degree elbows that fit right into the hole and plug into the tubing. Jim C 86 Westy 2.1L "Vanilla" 71 van On Oct 12, 2008, at 11:47 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > Hi, > I do that to my van's cooling system. I use an old funnel I made up > with a > piece of aluminum fire suppression tubing. The tubing fits into the > hole > after you remove that pesky bleeder screw/bolt. Mine comes out, but > it is > tight quarters. I put an "s-bend" into that appx 1/4" tubing and > attached > that to a piece of hose, then out to the funnel...I 'top-up' the > radiator > through the bleed hole and find it works great rather than all that > fussing > around with throttle and engine speed and getting the van on the > proper > slant, etc etc. > I just park mine on a hill with the radiator high. Let it sit a > bit and > take out the bleed screw. Pour in the coolant till it stops > 'bubbling' and > comes back out as a steady stream..No more air at all in there. I > carry > that setup along in case I overheat along the road somewhere..hasn't > happened yet. > Don Hanson |
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