People complain about the front heater valve not shutting off completely and I see only a little of that on my van. Sometimes if I move the lever open then closed sharply a few times it seems to close more fully. I tried that on the rear heater valve this time too. I had marked a 1 and a 0 on the heater case to remind me which way was off, and wanted to make sure I had it right. After I opened and closed the valve a few times it seemed to close better. Anybody have a specific non-stock valve recommendation that they have used on the heaters? Edward At 08:06 PM 7/30/2010, you wrote: >I'm wondering if there's junk in your valve causing it to not shut >off properly. > >I believe that is a separate replaceable part. > >and sure you could put a gate valve or ball valve inline with the >rear heater if you wanted. > >and mostly they 'shut off well' I'd say. > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:53 PM >Subject: Re: Turning off rear heater > > >>Mine is the same way, it doesn't turn off all that well. On a recent >>hot trip I found when I got into camp and went under the back seat to >>get something, everything under there was hot hot hot. I checked the >>valve and it was in the off position, but apparently enough hot water >>was still going through there to heat that core up plenty hot. Maybe >>an alternative valve could be put into the system instead of the >>stock one? Enlarge the hole in the heater cover enough to be able to >>operate it? Anybody done this? >>Edward |
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