I'm a complete dummy on watercooled vanagons; but I have heard my mechanic friends talk about bleeding the coolant system and it sounds like a PITA. From: "photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx" <photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx> To: Tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:55 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: Coolant Sensor No, I was not told to do that, and nothing I read in my bently says so, or maybe I missed it. I will look into it thank you. Sent from somewhere in the woods From: Tom Snodgrass <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:39:12 -0600 To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ReplyTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: Coolant Sensor Did you bleed the air out of the cooling system? I've never done it on a gas powered water cooled Vanagon, but here's a procedure that I found online: http://www.benplace.com/bleeding.htm This procedure starts with draining the coolant, so you might want to skip to the part that says "To bleed, your choice:" You might also want to make sure that the thermostat is indeed opening and not stuck shut. --Tom On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:52 PM, <photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Have a 85 vanagon that blew the top off of coolant and found it was the sensor seal had blown off and rings broken. Whe got new sensor, and filled main tank and reserve tank-turning the van on still shoots up too hot, do I have to max out the main tank with coolant fluid so it touches the sensor tips?? I mean that's obvious right, or not? > >Any help, >Sarah >-newbie forever >Sent from somewhere in the woods > > >