VANAGON archives -- June 2005, week 2 (#191)

Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:51:26 EDT Reply-To: THX0001@AOL.COM Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Rear heater core during summer ? / Rolling Sauna Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

In a message dated 6/10/05 1:00:59 PM, starwagen@GMAIL.COM writes:

<< RE: Does the rear heater add to engine cooling?

I'll answer this from direct experience. I had an '85 with cooling problems (later replaced the radiator). On summer trips on the highway, climbing mountain passes, I had the rear heater open (and the front heater also) with the fan on max for the extra cooling. When I turned the rear fan and or the front heater fan on to full blast you could see the temp level drop. Kind of like Feynman and the ice cubes, run the experiment and get the answer. >>

The only thing all this proves (?) is that a van will overheat with a junk radiator hanging out front.

Georgie Boy

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