Skeeter's Vanagon/Zetec Conversion

Friday, October 13, 2006

Overheating Problem Fixed

Bleed your radiator! I should have known this. It's hard to get the air out of a Vanagon cooling system. I was baffled because I couldn't get the radiator to fill with coolant. The problem was a persistent air pocket in the radiator. I solved it by putting the cap on the bottle to build a little pressure and opening up the radiator bleed screw. I parked on a steep stretch of my driveway with the radiator up until cooalnt started to come out the bleed. Then I turned it around so the bottle was high and a big burp came out after I took the cap off. Problem solved. I cinched the bleed screw, topped off the bottle and drove it.