Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:08:42 EDT
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From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: flashing LED
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In a message dated 09/09/2009 12:03:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
Sorry folks but I just have to chime in on this highly incorrect
statement. I bleed these waterboxer systems here on a daily basis and no
jacking or incline is necessary. USE the force of the waterpump ! It's so
easy it's makes my head spin to read all these convoluted ways to get the
air out. First and foremost the 2.1 systems are self bleeding, that's the
reason for that coolant tube going around the perimeter of the engine bay.
It siphons off air, sends it over to the expansion tank, then when the
system exceeds the 13 lbs that cap is set for, the air is released to the
overflow tank and it goes out to the atmosphere where it belongs ! Now how to
bleed the waterboxer systems both 1.9 and 2.1. Here we go again and I say
again as I'm sure I wrote this before. Open the two bleeders on the top of
the radiator and on the top of the thermostat housing, fill the system
through the expansion tank, start the engine and let idle, fill the system as
much as you can at idle, fill the overflow tank to the MAX mark, set the
engine to run at 2000 ~ 3000 rpm, continue filling the system until full, check
the bleeder at the radiator to see when only fluid is coming out, close
this bleeder, fill the expansion tank and replace the cap, lower the rpm to
idle, check that no fluid is coming out of the expansion cap nipple, if so
the cap is defective and should be replaced now, if good connect the hose to
the overflow tank, let run for 15 to 30 minutes at idle to check that the
rad fan is cycling off and on, shut down, close the bleeder on the
thermostat housing, let cool overnight, any air left in the system will now have
been transferred to the overflow tank and you can refill it to it MAX level,
job completed.
>>>>The only way to really bleed the WBX is to either raise the front end
with a floor jack (pretty high in the air - be careful) or to park on
a steep hill and bleed it while on the incline. The front end needs
to be higher than one would think in order to get all the air removed.
And then bleed it over several days because some trapped air will
eventually move forward. Of course, the engine needs to be warm and
idling at the time.<<<<<<<
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
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Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
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(http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
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Almonte, ON, June 11 ~ 14, 2009
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