I got my heat exchangers replaced under this program in, I think, September of 1997, and I believe (I was told by the VW factory rep) that mine was the last one done. They did this for a limited time to get some exchangers that were sent to Germany to be tested. They wanted to determine if the asbestos was a danger. It apparently wasn't, as it wasn't in the area where air traveled, so it had no way to get into the cabin. The outer layer of the heat exchanger is double wall metal, and the asbestos was between the walls. At 05:13 PM 2/14/00 -0800, Tobin Copley wrote: >This has been covered extensively on the Type2 list. A search of the Type2 >archives (http://www.type2.com) searching for "LeCoz" will tell all. In >short, VWoA *did* offer *free* replacement of heat exchangers and related >equipment for a period of several months a couple of years ago. My >understanding is the offer has since been ended, and free exchange of these >parts has been discontinued. I would be thrilled if someone were to check >into the current situation and prove me wrong on this, of course, but a >search of the archives will bring one up to date on the situation as it >last stood. > >If someone *does* manage to get VW to agree to free parts replacement, I >hope that in the spirit of the list community they will post full details >(including VW contact names and phone numbers) to both this list and the >type2 list. > >Good luck, but don't get your hopes too high... > >T. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada tobin.copley@ubc.ca > >'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky") >'97 son Russell ============= >'99 daughter Margaret /_| |__| |__|:| clatter >1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi O|. .| clatter! >1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~ >Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango) >http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/ > Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Censorship is the assassination of ideas. No matter how well-meaning its proponents may be, they are more dangerous to us than any outside enemy. |
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