Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:45:46 -0500
Reply-To:     John <johnpatt@WARWICK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John <johnpatt@WARWICK.NET>
Organization: PattonSystems International
Subject:      Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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David Marshall wrote:
>
> 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) --

Hi David,

1) Make sure the heater hoses are not pinched or restricted with tight
plastic ties.
2) Make sure the hot coolant control valve opens fully with the sliding
lever.
3) I installed an aux coolant pump used on Swedish BMW 3 series cars and
I use it at slow RPM. I live in NY State and I have plenty of heat.

Regards,       JP