Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 09:17:29 -0700
Reply-To: HotelWestfalia <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: HotelWestfalia <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
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You would blow the system out at the cap hole where you filled in. All
other hoses are closed, except the two of them at the front that goes to the
radiator.
When I said 'big hose a the firewall', the 1.9 has two large size hoses
running across the firewall. The top one is the one that goes back to the
water pump. The 'fitting' is that black plastic one on the firewall that
both hoses connect to on both sides of it. Take the clamp off and slide a
screw driver under the hose to let air escape when you fill up the system.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
> Hey there Zoltan, good to hear from you!
>
> Your method sounds good but I don't have any bits of hose of various
> diameters sitting around to fabricate your filler tower from.
>
> Your warning about overheating is received, thank you.
>
> You wrote, "When filling up the system, you can open the top big hose on
> the fitting by sliding a screw driver under it, just to let air out
> there for faster filling and making sure that coolant is getting back to
> the water pump."
>
> Which top big hose on which fitting? Sorry, feeling a bit dense this
> morning.
>
> And "Now, that you have the system open all the way to the front, this
> is a good time to flush it out by filling it up with water and blowing
> it out with compressed air a few times."
>
> Can someone give a little more details about this procedure?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
> On 05/08/2012 08:23 AM, HotelWestfalia wrote:
>> I use a method that I did not read anywhere;
>>
>> Open bleed bolt on radiator,
>> open both valves of the heater cores,
>> take off the top hose from the pressure tank and face it upward, (take
>> the clamp off the other end, so you can turn it upward easier.)
>> plug that hole on the tank,
>> fill up the system as much as you can,
>> connect an other hose to this upward one that will make it taller than
>> the radiator, (I use a bigger diameter hose that just fits over it, no
>> pressure there)
>> and start filling up until the rad. is starting to bleed.
>> close the bleed bolt,
>> empty the tall hose into a container and take it off,
>> connect the upward hose back onto the pressure tank.
>> start the engine and fill up the tank full,
>> put cap on,
>> fill the reserve tank up to the rim,
>> put cap on that too,
>> finished.
>>
>> You will need to keep an eye on the gauge and feel the big hoses on the
>> firewall if the thermostat opened up. When filling up the system, you
>> can open the top big hose on the fitting by sliding a screw driver under
>> it, just to let air out there for faster filling and making sure that
>> coolant is getting back to the water pump. It is important, because if
>> there is no coolant to pump, there is no circulation that will result in
>> overheating fast.
>>
>> Same system for the 2.1 liter engines, only that the hose that comes
>> from the pressure tank is going to the bleeding system backward. That
>> accepts a smaller hose connection. Fittings are at Home Depot.
>>
>> Now, that you have the system open all the way to the front, this is a
>> good time to flush it out by filling it up with water and blowing it out
>> with compressed air a few times. You will see the junk that comes out of
>> it, that would plug your new radiator. It will take about three 5 gallon
>> buckets.
>>
>> Have fun.
>>
>> Zoltan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel"
>> <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 7:37 AM
>> Subject: OK, who's got the good simple method...
>>
>>
>>> ... for refilling and bleeding the coolant system on a 1.9 after it's
>>> been drained for a radiator replacement?
>>>
>>> The van will initially have its nose lifted for the rad replacement, but
>>> since it's pointed downhill a bit, it will pretty much be level. We
>>> could push it backward and off the ramps under the front wheels so the
>>> nose is down.
>>>
>>> ==================
>>> * I know, I know, many here hate the idea that I work on my van on my
>>> sloped driveway, but I don't want to re-start that discussion, please.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
>>> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
>>> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>>>
>>
>
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