Date:         Tue, 8 May 2012 13:25:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Don't worry about it much.
I fill the cooling systems with the van sitting level all the time.
It takes a while to get it all in ...
if you have a helper, you can do the ole official method of one person
keeps engine rpm at about 1,500 while they add coolant ..
the other person is by the radiator bleed screw ..
ready to put that back in when air-free coolant is coming out.

in all cases, for the first few warm-up, cool-down cycles..... top up
the air space in the pressure bottle after it's cooled down , if there
is an air space there.
Do that for about 3 drive cycles ...usually that does it.

be sure to have heater valve full on ( front heater ) and usually you
have to hold about 2,000 rpm for about 2 mniutes for warm coolant to get
up there...check for warm air at the defroster vents.
Just leave the front heater on all the way during the filling/bleeding
process.

scott
www.turbovans.com

On 5/8/2012 7:37 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> ... 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.
>