Hi David, The rear heater hoses are 5/8 inch on the heater end and 1/2 inch at the T end under the van. Wishing every one a great new year and may all your campouts be at temperatures between 50 and 80 degrees F. Darrell ps. for any new list members my son Tom and I have some vw information set up at
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Coolant leak found - easy fix
> At 02:20 PM 12/28/2000, Colin Carmichael wrote: > >The coolant leak is from the rear heater core. A > >fellow list member has offered to help me fix it - but > >first I have a question. Would the valve that shuts > >off the heater stop the leak? > > No, it only slows down the flow through the core -- there's still pressure > on both sides of it. It doesn't even completely stop the flow. > > >Is there another valve > >that would stop the flow of coolant to the heater > >core? > > Yes, but you'd have to install it (on both legs of that circuit). You can > pretty easily take off the hoses and plug them at the heater end, > though. I made plugs from Corian with a lathe, but that was just because > it was easy for me. I can measure their diameter, though, if that's useful > to you. They came out when the Wilfymobile brought my new core. > > david > > > >Thanks again for all of the help. > > > >Colin > >91 GL > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! > >http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > |
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