Where do you measure the 16" to? The bottom of the frame? Tires? Top of the radiator??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Wolz wrote: > John, > > VW specifies jacking up the front end sixteen inches AND running the engine > at 3000 rpm so that the water pump will push all of the air uphill through > the system to the radiator and pressurize the system. > > If you think 16" is way up there, you should have seen the first time I bled > the system and misread 40cm as 40". Thank God it didn't fall off the > stacked up cement blocks. > > Karl Wolz > > -----Original Message----- > From: John P. Flaherty <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: Idling high and uneven. Problem filling with coolant. > > >I too had difficulty getting coolant out the bleeder. Turns out I didn't > >have it jacked high enough. 16 inches is waaayyyy up there. Once I had it > >high enough, it came out no problem, and before the engine was warm. > > > >John Flaherty > >'84 GL > >'74 SB > > |
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