I am not sure that this is the real cause but my van developed a cold idle problem the afternoon that I last washed it and that is the only thing that I can attribute it to... I worried about spraying water in those vents but now I think that it did in fact do some damage.. Does anyone know of this happening?? After the van warms up it idles perfectly but until then it will die unless I keep my foot on the gas to hold it at a thousand RPM or so thanks tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "80 Westy Pokey" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:47 AM Subject: Re: Vanagon in a car wash
> I have washed my air cooled westy in a car wash. The only > problem I had was water entering the front window seals. No > engine implications. Since rain can enter these vents anyway > (admittedly not at that volume / intensity) I am sure the > engineers allowed for adequate drainage. > > Thanks, > Chris > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:19:58 -0500 > >From: Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM> > >Subject: Vanagon in a car wash > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >Well here in Ontario, Canada there is a lovely layer of > salt water all > >over the roads slowly eating my Vanagon. I'm tired of hand > washing it > >in the deep freeze, so I want to use my local driver-em > through car > >wash. I've never done this in a Vanagon. > > > >Are there any issues with the the spray water from the car > wash > >entering the rear air grills? My local car wash includes > lots of > >horizontal spraying action and it is a guarantee that the a > strong jet > >of water will be directed right at the air grills. > > > >Any feedback would be nice. > > > >Thanks. > > > >- Laurence > > > > > > > >------------------------- > >Laurence Smith > >Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > >90 Westy (fanumbos) > >87 GL > >------------------------- > |
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