> ( oh. !...your rear heater....SO MANY VANAGON OWNER'S DON'T KNOW about > this..... > It MUST either have the valve under the rear seat at least half on to keep > coolant circulating, or the rear heater should be disconnected. > LOTS of vanagons have the rear heater water valve closed, the coolant sits > in there and rots out the rear heater core. I've got a new one right here in > stock.....It's not that the rear heater system is so weak, it's not, it's > that people don't understand how to take care of it, and it's few and far > between to find a vanagon tech who knows about this, or cares, or will > explain it to you. I dare say. ) > > I just bled my own system and the Bentley says to open this valve as well. Well I did not know which way would be open so i thought I wait until the engine gets hot and then I know. 45 degrees back or 45 degrees forth, I never felt any warm air coming out of this rear heater on any valve position. Even though the front heater worked very well. Actually it always heats regardless what I tell the lever arm in the control panel to be. Well thats a minor prob but perhaps some of you have an idea what it might be. i did not yet open the dashboard to see, if it is simple a mechanical problem. Sorry Patti to piggyback on your thread. Congrats to you new baby. Don't be too paranoid if everything is OK. Cheers Thomas |
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