Depends on how long the coolant has been in there and if it is due for a flush and fill. If not, and the two quarts is clean, add it back, but into the pressure tank, not the overflow, and do a proper bleed. Yes, the system is self-bleeding, but that's a lot of coolant replaced by air. Why chance it? Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Brush" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:56 PM Subject: to add or to flush-n-fill
>I just put the oil cooler back on the van with the new gasket. I'm hopeful > that fixed my oil leak problem. I was a messy job! Lost more than 2 > quarts > of coolant in the process. So any thoughts on weather I should just go > ahead and drain the whole system and refill, or would it be o.k. to add > the > 2 quarts back (in the overflow tank) and hope the system doesn't get > airlock? I understand the back-end has a self-bleeding system (the > plastic > tubing around the lip engine compartment). thanks for your thoughts! > > Mark > > 1990 Westy GL |
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