Andyinchville1
Veteran Member
Hi All,
I have a little seepage of coolant from the upper radiator hose near the large end of the plastic coupler pipe with the small hose running from it..... The leak is on the larger hose section where the coolant glow plug type heaters are but the leak is on the end away from the glow plug section .... I hope that makes sense.
I bought 2 new upper radiator hose sections and the plastic coupler piece with the small hose attached to it ( I did not but another small hose tho).
I figure if 1 section of the 2 piece upper hose is bad the other section may not be too far behind and I got another plastic piece just in case and since everything is old to begin with (got dayco hoses and a dorman coupler piece .... is Dorman OK to use ? I know its probably not as good as a factory piece but would you use it ? I know Dayco is a pretty good name brand so not overly worried about it).
Anyways, I plan on rplacing all the upper pieces listed above .....
Is there any special air bleeding that needs to be done or just replace the parts and fill the ball up and let the engine cycle / cool and refill as needed?
Thanks
Andrew
PS - I ask that because my minivan seems to have a wooshing coolant sound when running and the thermostat opens .... I have had to do several run , squeeze upper radiator hose, fill radiator to full cycles to help fill the system enough to make the system full without "whooshing" noises which I guess is partially empty coolant hoses due to air or simply not getting alot of coolant in.
There must be a way to bleed this out ? I imagine the Jetta may do the same unless I learn the trick on how to fill and bleed air?
I have a little seepage of coolant from the upper radiator hose near the large end of the plastic coupler pipe with the small hose running from it..... The leak is on the larger hose section where the coolant glow plug type heaters are but the leak is on the end away from the glow plug section .... I hope that makes sense.
I bought 2 new upper radiator hose sections and the plastic coupler piece with the small hose attached to it ( I did not but another small hose tho).
I figure if 1 section of the 2 piece upper hose is bad the other section may not be too far behind and I got another plastic piece just in case and since everything is old to begin with (got dayco hoses and a dorman coupler piece .... is Dorman OK to use ? I know its probably not as good as a factory piece but would you use it ? I know Dayco is a pretty good name brand so not overly worried about it).
Anyways, I plan on rplacing all the upper pieces listed above .....
Is there any special air bleeding that needs to be done or just replace the parts and fill the ball up and let the engine cycle / cool and refill as needed?
Thanks
Andrew
PS - I ask that because my minivan seems to have a wooshing coolant sound when running and the thermostat opens .... I have had to do several run , squeeze upper radiator hose, fill radiator to full cycles to help fill the system enough to make the system full without "whooshing" noises which I guess is partially empty coolant hoses due to air or simply not getting alot of coolant in.
There must be a way to bleed this out ? I imagine the Jetta may do the same unless I learn the trick on how to fill and bleed air?