Date:         Tue, 7 May 2002 23:14:31 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: front heater core
Comments: To: Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>
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At 09:08 PM 5/7/2002, Myron Lind wrote:
>Hi all
>
>Got my front heater core taken apart and cleaned. There is a metal sheet
>inside the ducting that allows air to only blow over about 30-40% of the
>heater core. In other words, a lot of the core is blocked off from the air
>movement, probably rendering it unused. I would like to drill a couple large
>holes in it so as to get more heat if I choose. Any ideas why I should NOT
>drill a couple large air venting holes or why this would not give me more
>heat?

I can't prove it, but I think that sheet is there to even up distribution
of airflow through the core and extract more heat from it rather than
less.  You might want to run some tests outside the vehicle before you
button it all up...too bad we don't have a brain-dump of all the old
Vanagon engineers.

david


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