Wonder if preventative maintenance might be to seal the board with something (varathane?) before you get a leak? Or why not cut a tupperwear tub and place in under the heater core. That way if it leaks the leak will be caught in the tub? Or put a few sponges around it. Todd '88 Westy Rico Sapolich wrote: > In a message dated 10/10/00 10:56:24 AM, JSchaper@SCHSA.ORG writes: > > << I can't discern any leaks. Yet when I turned the rear > heater on this morning, there is still the smell of maple syrup. >> > > John, > > A sad fact of life is that everytime I have smelled that sweet aroma in a > Vanagon, I have also found a leak . . . somewhere. > > Rich |
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