What about using a turkey baster with a piece of = tubing attached to the end of it?  Would that have made it = easier?

(I was interested in this, since I too recently had = my coolant changed and it seems to run about a needle's width higher on = the temp gauge now)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Jim Cain
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 12:08 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Coolant and air bubbles
>
>
> I had the antifreeze changed a while back and = have suspected that
> there was some air in the system since = then.
>
> A while back there was a discussion about = adding coolant through the
> bleed hole in the radiator in leiu of the = "jack the front end up with
> an able assistant..." routine.  Don't = remember whether there was a
> pro or con response.  Since I don't have = an assistant, able or not, I
> tried it and was able to put quite a bit of = liquid in using an old
> basting syringe.
>
> The question is, was this a good thing to = do?  Dumb to ask after the
> fact, I know, but it seems logical to me that = the air will be trapped
> at the top of the radiator, thus the bleed = screw.  Although, it does
> seem that if this was a good alternative, it = would have been
> discovered long before now.
>
> By the way, I will come up with a better way of = getting the stuff in
> the hole if I do it again.  It is in a = very awkward spot.  I did jack
> the right side up a bit so that the air would = come to that side.
>
> Comments anyone?
>
> TIA, Jim in Atlanta w/ 85 Westy
>