Date:         Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:55:43 -0800
Reply-To:     developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
Comments: To: Ben McCafferty <ben@kbmc.net>
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So if you drive up on ramps (about 9 to 10 inches high) that should do it,
right? Or another list member's clever idea was to drive up a hill and do it
there.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE


> One of must have a typo, then.  Page 19.16, just below fig. 5, "--raise
> vehicle approx. 10cm (4 in.) at front under cross-member with floor jack
and
> wooden support or equivalent"
>
> What would be the benefit of going higher?  Is there another point in the
> system that's higher than the top of the radiator?  Hmmmm....
>
> bmc  :)
> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>
>
> > From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> > Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:05:49 -0700
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >
> > That's straight our of my Bentley.  Matter of fact, the first time I
bled
> > the system, I misread it as 40".  That was a bitch of a job!
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >
> >
> >> Karl, was that in a tech bulletin or something?  My Bentley say 10 cm,
or
> >> about 4"?
> >> tx,
> >> bmc  :)
> >> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> >>> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
> >>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:47:51 -0700
> >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>
> >>> @ 4", you may not have fully bled the heater boxes.  VW specifies
40cm,
> > or
> >>> about 16".
> >>>
> >>> Karl Wolz
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Walter Evens" <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM>
> >>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:48 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I am new to the list so Greetings to all.  It had been some years
since
> > I
> >>>> changed hoses on a Vanagon and I forgot to "bleed" the system when I
> >>>> recently removed the alternator bracket to fix a stripped stud.  I
had
> > to
> >>>> empty the system in order to remove the water pipe that goes across
the
> >>>> engine in front of the bracket.  While driving it afterwards it
heated
> > up
> >>> a
> >>>> little and for some odd reason corrected or bled itself as I haven't
> > had a
> >>>> temperature problem since.  Lucky me.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know about anyone else's van but there is no mistaking when
my
> >>>> cooling fan is on. When I've been driving it and I shut the engine
off
> > it
> >>>> runs a while afterwards.
> >>>>
> >>>> On a funny note, the last time I bled the system, some "expert" told
me
> > I
> >>>> had to jack the front of the van 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND!  I used a
Handy
> >>> Man
> >>>> "High Lift" jack that time. I have found out since that 4 inches will
> > do.
> >>>>
> >>>> Walter Evens
> >>>> Hesperia, CA
> >>>> 85 GL (late 84)
> >>>> 85 GL (early 85)
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:37 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Ken and Ed. I didn't do anything with the radiator when I
> > changed
> >>>> the
> >>>>> thermostat. This is the first time I've had any indications of
trouble
> >>>> from
> >>>>> the front end. NOtice that I don't think the cooling fan comes on
so,
> > of
> >>>>> course, it heats up more when driving up hill or when stopped. I
don't
> >>>> hear
> >>>>> the fan but it may be operating. I'll just do first things first and
> >>> check
> >>>>> where the leak is coming from this a.m. and go from there.
> >>>>> Bob Stevens
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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