Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:16:20 -0500
Reply-To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject: Re: no heat ! .. the saga continues
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Hi Dave,
A couple of thoughts, Are you sure your heat control is working.
The wire can break or kink, leaving your heater control jammed in one
position no matter what you do with the lever --- my van currently has
this problem, but my heater valve is jammed open for full-time heat.
Here's a link that will tell you how to check/fix this.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/front_heater_valve.htm You don't mention
the rear heater, have you tried it yet? Under the rear seat (in my 84
Westy anyway) is wooden box covering the heater core. On the passenger
side of the box is a hole giving you access to a lever which turns this
heater core on. I think you move it forward to get heat. Try it, it might
keep you warm while you figure out the front heater problem.
Cheers,
Doug
Toronto, Canada (we're almost neighbours :-))
Dave Vieira <dave172c@YAHOO.COM>
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11/28/2002 09:57 AM
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Subject: no heat ! .. the saga continues
hey !
well its damm cold out(- 9 C)now and still no heat, im
still
tryin to figure out if its air or not that is causing
it. but i donno .. i replaced the line that runs from
the expansion tank to the res tank .. and now what
happens is.. it dosnt over heat .. the temp noramal
drving is little over the middle of the bulb to the
end of the bulb .. when climbin up hill it gos little
farther away from the bulb but not too bad it cools
down when i get to top .. highway driving same .. the
needle is at the end of the bulb .. but still blowing
cold air.. after i get out of the van i do notice a
smell of rad fluid and the res tank is little over the
max but. .when i come back to it .. when it is cold ..
the res tank is down in the middle of max and min. ...
i still get no heat at all i do the oddest times . but
it dosnt last long .. i drove it from hamilton to TO
on firday .a nd when i got to about the gardner i got
heat for about 5 mins.. then cold .a nd on the way
back got nothing. what do you make of this ?
thanks for you help
84, 1.9 Vanagon
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Dave Vieira
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
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