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Date:         Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:49:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Turning off rear heater
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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air at the end of a closed run wouldn't matter.

is this getting overthought or what ?

Remove or plug hoses to rear heater, end of story. just connecting the two hoses and bypassing the rear heater is not a good idea .

lol..that's the Whole Story.

still never did find out what the deal was with the original poster , unless I lost track of who that is.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Turning off rear heater

> Its the dead ends that create air traps Ry - no way to get that air out > unless you bleed from the plugs you installed. > > Jake > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Ry <rylincoln@gmail.com> wrote: > >> cool cool ;) >> >> mine are not connected together just both blocked off for the time being. >> I >> have new hose and T's and a heater valve. But it's 100 fricken degrees >> down >> here and I have zero motivation to reinstall the second heater. >> >> -Ry >> http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Ry <rylincoln@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> someone please tell me how you're creating a loop in which you will >> >> trap >> >> air >> >> any more than actually having the heater core hooked up? coolant is >> still >> >> traveling through the same path just not through a heater core... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> prepared to be schooled, >> >> -Ry >> >> http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln >> >> >> >> Basic hydraulics. Your circulatory (coolant) system is a closed >> > system, 'pressurized' (circulated?) by the water pump. Liquid will >> travel >> > through any path available and be at the same pressure in all the >> > paths. >> So >> > when you (or when I did, without thinking it through) remove the rear >> > heater, the valve and the heater radiator both, and connect the hoses >> > together in a loop, you have simply created an always open loop through >> > which the coolant will constantly circulate at the same pressure as >> > that >> > which is going forward to the main radiator. But now, at the rear >> 'loop', >> > it no longer passes through a radiator (the heater core) so it is >> > simply >> > wasted circulation/ a diminishing of the effectiveness of your water >> > pump...With the rear heater in place and working...when you turn it on, >> you >> > get cooling of the coolant...Without that and an open loop, you get >> useless >> > circulation of the coolant only. >> > You won't get air locks or bubbles...you just get wasted function >> > from >> > your water pump. If you closed off those hoses...the water hits a dead >> end >> > and then goes on through your real radiator, cooling the coolant...No >> > circulation through an un-cool loop...sorry for that one. >> > Don Hanson >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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