>From your description, your car may have other problems but... To bleed the cooling system, assuming that the system has already been filled: Start the engine, leaving the radiator cap off Turn on the heater to full HOT Allow the engine to warm-up fully As the thermostat opens, any air pockets should be expelled via the open expansion tank Fill the expansion tank to FULL as necessary Recap the radiator
--- [email protected] wrote: > I've heard of this but can anyone tell me if possible step by step on how > to > do this. A hose tore about a month ago,, i changed it,, and now it idles > real > bad, ,it runs great thought,,just like at stop signs or when its not > moving > it shakes a lot,,someone told me it might be that,, but any suggestions on > how to go about bleeding the system would be great,, James,,,87 jetta Gli ===== Matthew Yip [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ '87 GTi 16v - x2 '88 M5 '99 F350 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
