On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:57 AM, <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 8/21/2009 2:30:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > musomuso@GMAIL.COM writes: > > know on some Vanagons, the ECU is mounted under the rear seat. Is it > covered? If not..... > > Am I increasing risk of ECU failure by covering it and containing the heat? > > hey neil all the vannies from 86 to 91 had the ECU under the rear seat , > yes it does have a cover over it. They were also prone to failure mostly due > to the lack of cooling air. later mark d > ________________________________
Thanks Mark. Most helpful. Hadn't considered the heat aspect. First thought was to protect ECU/connector against damage from all the spare parts and tools under bench seat just waiting to attack it. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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