When I pulled out the bench cabinet in my 85 westy the flooring underneath was some sort of particle board. It had absorbed who knows what and was pretty nasty. I replace with the same stuff (I think my parents called it homosout or something), they had some lying around. You might want to replace it with something less porous. Bill Davidson wrote: > If the original leak went on long enough it may have saturated the > underlying plywood/flooring.... solution?... pull out the cabinets and > replace the flooring :( > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Schaper" <JSchaper@SCHSA.ORG> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 7:57 AM > Subject: Maple Syrup? > > > Last winter the smell of maple syrup from the rear heater was getting > worse, > > so I replaced the rear heat exchanger. It was leaking some, but with the > > new exchanger, I can't discern any leaks. Yet when I turned the rear > > heater on this morning, there is still the smell of maple syrup. Is this > a > > problem that I shouldn't be concerned with, or is there something else > > wrong? > > |
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