Date:         Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:16:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: heat ideas
Comments: To: Evan Martin <7martinn@GMAIL.COM>
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Hi
The stock heating system if working properly will work fine. The oil cooler gig is not the way to go. If you need more heat in the cab make up a curtain to
block off the front so you dont have to heat the backend. The vanagons had a fairly good heater but dufus engineering for a lot of those vans makes them
have issues. Like Removing the T-stat or tin and seals, because what do those silly germans know anyway. Make sure all the tubes and tube covers and
seals are in ALL of the locations they must be in. All my cars and vans run stock heaters and they will cook you out.  The later ones had great Blowers to
blow more hot air in, fully dependant on the engine revs.
Oil coolers are not the way to go you will not ever warm the engine to proper operating temps and have more issues then what it is worth. It is cheaper to
make the stock heater actually do its job.
Hope this helps.
Jonce

>Don't currently own a air-cooled Vanagon, but- living up north here where
>heat is a fairly serious concern, and air-cooled vans being generally less
>expensive (I might be on even a tighter budget than a lot of the list :) )-
>has anybody tried using an oversized oil cooler as a heater core?

>Not thinking of routing the oil all the way up front, of course- just maybe
>in the same location as the core under the back seat like in a water-cooled
>van.

>The obvious problem would be overcooling the motor- but maybe that could be
>compensated for in the thermostat?

>thoughts?

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Jonce Fancher

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