VANAGON archives -- October 2000, week 2 (#173)

Date:         Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:58:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From:         Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Maple Syrup?
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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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