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Subject:a different way to bleed cooling system
From:John P. Flaherty
Date:Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:26:59 -0500

A little Yankee ingenuity. I haven't tried it, but is seems like it should work. If were to take a 3 foot length of radiator hose and clamp it to the expansion tank where the pressure cap goes, my fill point would then be the highest point in the van. I should, without jacking up the front end, be able to open the bleeder, fill until coolant runs out, close the bleeder and be done. I don't imagine I'm the first to think of this, so I assume there's a reason it won't work, but I can't figure out what it is. Would have tried it, but was almost done bleeding the conventional way when I thought of it. Can someone explain why it will or won't work?

Thanks,

John Flaherty
'84 GL
'74 SB

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