I just looked at that picture, and those pipes are not on properly. The two pipes should touch. One "mount" for both. The heater hoses, suspended below them. (in my experience). -Craig
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > The pipes are on the correct (passenger) side of the vehicle but the one > with the kick goes to the outside. The heater hoses should mostly follow > underneath and away from the shift rod. > That bracket can make a good wear point. How about a pic of the hoses over > the top of the tank and how are the heater hoses going through the frame > member? > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > neil n > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:59 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic) > > At the time of install, I was confused. > > pic of pipes installed: http://tinyurl.com/25y9px5 > > Maybe I'm "seeing" things backwards, but are the pipes on the wrong side of > the vehicle? In Bentley I see the pipe with bent end is on the passenger > side no? > > Would there a difference in pipes where they pass over the gas tank? > If so maybe that's why the passenger side pipe is butting up against my gas > tank? > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine > s > |
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