

| Subject: | Coolant and air bubbles |
| From: | Jim Cain |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Jun 2000 15:07:59 -0400 |
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
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