On 01/10/2000, Xlacks wrote:
Just a questions here. Alot of people seem to be going off on how important it is to get all the air out of the system. now heres my question, does it really matter to let it idle with the cap off? Wouldnt the air pockets end up eventualy getting out into the resevior after the first full drive anyways? So it wouldnt really matter if you let the air out of the system right away, all you'd have to do is add coolant after the first drive? just wondering...
Yep. If you drain the system and then simply fill it until it won't take any more, you will find that there is very little air remaining. When I redid the cooling system in my GLI last year (pretty much everything but the radiator and the overflow tank replaced), I started it and let it idle. Once the thermostat opened, I recall needing to add somewhere on the order of a pint (1/2l for you metric folks) to the overflow tank. Barely worth worrying about, in my book.
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