Date:         Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:05:38 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Subject:      FW: smoke inside the van??
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Please reply to Brett.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Ellingson [mailto:bellingson@localaccess.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:24 PM
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: smoke inside the van??


Driving down the freeway my wife made the comment about something
smelling weird, like smoke.  She was sitting in the back and thought the
smell was coming from the rear heating vent.  When I looked over my
shoulder I saw smoke (white) rising from the rear of the van (inside).
We immediately pulled over and got the family out.  Turning off the van
seemed to stop the smoke.  Opening the engine cover I saw no smoke,
nothing as though it was burnt.  The smell was kind of an electrical
smell.  The smoke must of came from the rear heating unit, under the
seat.  Could some of the radiator fluid have leaked on hot coils front
the rear heater to cause this smell?????  It's been a week now and the
problem has not reoccured.  Has anyone had a problem such as this.  Does
radiator fluid really stink when it burns?

Brett Ellingson
87 WESTY