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Subject:Re: Coolant and air bubbles
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:10:53 -0400

At 15:07 6/7/2000, Jim Cain wrote:
>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.

IMveryHO which end you stick the coolant in doesn't matter nearly as much
as raising the front to get the radiator up above everything else, so
bubbles end up there instead of various other high spots in the system.

d
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