> k1cajun@PIPELINE.COM writes: > > << Anyway, what I noticed is that at the rear inside bottoms of the > front doors, where the 89 has what seems to be dummy louver vents, > the 87 has what seems to be functional vents - they have a little > sliding handle. The 89 has these ducts holes that go from front of > door to back and then a hole in the door frame - I never knew why > they were there, but assumed they were something to duct fresh air to > engine compartment for combustion along with the ducts at the upper > rear. But it seems as though the 87 also ducts the same air to the > cabin at driver and passenger's hips ?? I looked in the 87 owners > manual and couldn't find any mention of these louvers. Any ideas ? > Search in archives just comes up with vent windows. > >> > JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > the vents at the rear of the back windows on th '88-'91 vanagons are for > fresh interior air. they replaced the earlier '80-'87 style in the front > doors. has nothing to do w/ engine cooling air. > chris So, you're saying the rear window louvers send air through those front doors' ducts to reach the fresh air vents ? As for the engine air, I was talking about combustion air for the intake, not cooling since the 87 and 89 are both wasserboxers. |
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