[Vwdiesel] More coolant issues

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

Rabbit engines are sometimes hard to fill with coolant after being empty or
near empty. Besides filling the coolant jar I remove the top hose from the
radiator and fill the block through the radiator hose from there. That
usually does the job. Always make sure the engine is cool before removing
the radiator hose. 
Brian Decker

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Stephen Kraus
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:43 AM
To: LBaird119 at aol.com
Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] More coolant issues

Well....

It wasn't a steady stream. But if I added coolant it would cough it out. I
have drained the block and head and am going to refill and flush tommorrow
morning. Tested the thermostat tonight, works well

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 1:40 AM, <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/17/2010 9:51:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com writes:
>
> > so I fixed the leak on my 81 rabbit. But NOW the engine is running hot
> > and
> > coolant is coughing out of the overflow tank, it won't keep coolant in!
I
> > initially thought blown headgasket, however I am not getting bubbles and
> > no
> > white smoke....it just steams and throws up coolant! Should I try
> > replacing
> > the water pump? Also I have a new thermostat installed...but the
> > overheating
> > is recent.
> >
>
>   You checked for bubbles in the reservoir or the return stream from
> the small hose?  You have to check for a steady stream, if it's
> intermittent, then you probably have a gasket leak or low coolant.
>    Loren
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