Date:         Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:53:36 +0000
Reply-To:     maurio11@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Maurio <maurio11@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Aux. Heater Problems

In the same vein...

My rear heater doesn't work at all... I've swapped out the switch, and the
motor to the heater and still it's unresponsive... all fuses look fine, any
idea where I should check next?
> Hey Everyone,
> Since it's starting to get cold where i live...decided to
> check my heat to make sure all is working. I have a
> problem with my aux. heater that is by the passengers feet
> in the rear. When i flip on the fan switch...i blow the
> fuse. Is this a common thing? Looked at the elec. circuit
> and seems fairly simple. Would you suspect a fried fan
> motor? OR a bad resister? Just though i would ask before i
> looked into this further. Other thing is...should there be
> a cable connected to the valve that turns the heat on and
> off for the aux. heater? There is nothing connected to
> mine...it was like that when i bought it...so if i need to
> get a cable well..then i will. And finally...how often do
> these heater cores go bad? I smell anti freeze if i flip
> open the valve...or is it usually the o-ring that is bad?
> Any advice would be great before i jump into fixing this.
> thanks everyone,
> jesse
> 89 carat