How to bleed the cooling system in a Dodge Caravan 3.3L 6 Cyl

often there is a bleed screw on the termostat housing to let out air pockets. if not open the radiator cap before coolant gets hot and let it run to get air pockets out.

Bleeder valves are normally installed at some point highest on the cooling system. If there aren’t any bleeder valves, then jack up the front of the car high. You can also park the car on a steep incline. Be sure the radiator is full. Set the heat on high hot. Remove the radiator cap, and start the engine. With the engine running, watch for air bubbles. Keep adding coolant as the radiator gets low. When you stop seeing bubbles, you’re done. Repeat this procedure at least three times over the next coming week.

there's no bleeder on this engin, here's the fill info.:

First clean system to remove old coolant. Refer to Cooling System Cleaning.
Remove radiator pressure cap and fill system, using a 50/50 mix of Mopar Antifreeze/Coolant, 5 Year/100,000 Mile Formula (orange in color) and distilled water.
Continue filling system until full. Be careful not to spill coolant on drive belts or the generator.
Fill coolant recovery/reserve container to at least the MAX mark with 50/50 solution. It may be necessary to add coolant to the recovery/reserve container after three or four warm up/cool down cycles to maintain coolant level between the MAX and MIN mark. This will allow trapped air to be removed from the system.

let us know if you run into a snag.

Post is from 3/3/11. By now I think it's save to say that the system was bled :-)

Somebody should probably tell bsat. LOL

I can think of a number of things to do to bsat that have nothing to do with "telling", if you can dig what I'm sayin? :-)

bsat,

sorry you have big feet; hope you can find shoes soon!

Forget the shoes. See the wizard of oz for a brain.

LMAO! I don't know what's more fun. Bsats stupid @$$ or our love for it:)