If you really need more heat, than your heater cores are probably shot. They tend to clog up both internally and externally. Especially the front one as it gets all the road dirt. A trick for best heat effectiveness is to avoid the temptation to put the front heater fan on high. As it only pulls in outside air, the higher air flow causes the air to be heated less. Fan speed 2 provides the best heat transfer. You will be surprised how effective new heater cores are. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Darren Lastfogel <dlastfogel@PLYFORMS.COM> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:21 am Subject: auxillary heat > When I purchased my van all the AC componets on the motor were > missing.Living in cold Michigan I really don't need the AC but I > could use more heat > in the winter. What does anyone think about using the existing > hoses and > heat exchanger and connecting to the coolent lines? could it be > done? add a > bleeder screw and hose at the top to let any air out? > > Darren > Lowell MI > |
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