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Date:         Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:01:48 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MB.SYMPATICO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MB.SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
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David,


How does the heat in the Synchro compare to the heat in your 84 Westy?
Don't they have the same system (more or less)?  They're both pretty much
inadequate at these temps I suspect.  I think Gerry and Per's suggestions
might be the way to go -- insulate the water lines.  I too have found the
rear heater much more effective than the front, and the front only blows
heat with the vehicle at speed.  Cardboard over the rad is a big help too.


Alan, Ottawa may be the coldest capital city in the world, but Winnipeg is
the coldest major city.  The only thing worse than being the coldest city is
being the second-coldest :)  (Sorry to you too Pierre!)


Go with Gas (heaters, that is.  Instant heat.)


Anyway, warmish heat is better than nothing.  The gas heater in my old 73
bus (Safari model or something, with a permanent raised roof?) was in the
rear.  The driver had to keep trading off with the passengers so that your
driving foot wouldn't go numb.


Jeff Palmer
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
85 Westy, 220k km and counting


----- Original Message -----
From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 11:41 PM
Subject: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?




> With the temps hanging around -25C my Double Cab never really warms up to
> where I would like to see it - warmish air only comes out of the vents.
> The coolant temp is right where it should be as well as the oil temp.  Is
> there a posibility that the outside air is just too cold for the heater
> core to warm up fast enough?  Should I put a piece of card board in front
> of the heater intake so there is more warmer air from the rad being sucked
> in?  Is there a piece of my heater "flap" system that isn't working right?
>
>
>
> --   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
> --    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
> --       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
> -- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
> -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
> -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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