Date:         Sat, 7 Sep 2013 06:41:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET>
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From:         Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coolant top up
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it seems there are fewer ways to skin a cat than to bleed a vanagon.
 you'll go crazy and want to build a bong.

david - you said originally that you didn't want to open the radiator
bleeder - why not?  i can do it without even taking the grille off (which
is only 4 pop-screw things).

there used to be a bra and an extra spare mounted on the front of my van.
 that would have made it difficult.


On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:05 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you sure the radiator fan came on at high speed?  Might want to check
> on that.  I believe it should start out at low speed when the radiator
> first gets hot enough.
>   Generally you want the cap on the pressure tank when you start the
> engine.  As the system gets hot the air in the top of the tank should be
> pushed out to the reserve tank due to thermal expansion, when the pressure
> gets high enough.
>    When the system is hot, crack the bleeder at the top of the radiator.
>  Forget about any other bleeders.
> If you don't have a Bentley manual, you should get one.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:16 AM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Continued my coolant top-up operation. Refilled tank again and brought
> > engine up to full temperature. Gauge stayed in middle, radiator fan came
> on
> > high-speed. Coolant tank overflowed so I stopped engine and screwed top
> > back on tank and reconnected hose. Ran engine again and coolant went
> down a
> > little more. Still NO coolant came out of thermostat bleed valve.
> >
> > David (1987 Wolfsburg)
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
>