Date:         Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:55:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: to add or to flush-n-fill
Comments: To: Mark Brush <mbrush@GMAIL.COM>
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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