Date:         Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:04:12 +0000
Reply-To:     rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dying when warm and smells funky
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM

For even more fun turn the heater on full, then drive through some deep puddles on a deserted road with no traffic.


You might call this a "drive-though steam cleaning"




Todd
'88 westy



 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> In a message dated 10/15/06 6:26:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> npoole@TELUS.NET writes:
>
>
> > Also, when the heat is turned on the hot air smells like old engine. Is
> > this
> > just how these things work and you get used to it?
>
> yep.  every aircooled vw i'v ever owned you just get used to the funky oil
> smell when your run the heat...  only way out of that problem is to completely
> degrease the heaterboxes or replace them.
>
> chris
>
> chris