Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:14:02 -0800
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
In-Reply-To: <E442907E-5E2D-4024-BD75-2CDD4C3F608C@NBNET.NB.CA>
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I can't say, I didn't think there was a stock air blowing heater in North American late model vans. There was a diesel fuelled heater in 82/83 diesel vans (option), and of course the air cooled vans had the heater option. I can't recall off hand what range of heater options there was in Europe.
Alistair
> On Jan 28, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>
> Alistair,
>
> That is what I suspected from my digging on-line.
>
> Any idea what type of heater may be under my 1988 Westy - I'd get pictures, but the Hyena is in storage.
>
> Was the Eberspacher ever installed in a location other than under the rear bench?
>
> Roy
>
>> On 28-Jan-2015, at 22:36, Alistair Bell wrote:
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>> My bbw46 was mounted in engine compartment, left hand side wall. That and an octopus of additional coolant hoses.
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>> Was option here in Canada.
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>> Alistair
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>>
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>>> On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
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>>> Jordan et all:
>>>
>>> Where was the BBW46 installed? Was it under the rear bench on the passenger side?
>>>
>>> In the Hyena (our 1988 WBX Westfalia), I have a gas heater which does not work - the fan comes on, but no heat. It has the green-knobed manual timer in the dash just below the heater controls like that which was present in our old 1972 Westfalia.
>>>
>>> However the heater itself appears to contained under the drivers side of the van above/in a large metal shield/encasement which looks like an oversized catalytic converter.
>>>
>>> I did not have time to dig into it last summer, but when I take the Hyena out of storage this spring, I'd like to attempt to get it working.
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 27-Jan-2015, at 20:31, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 1/27/2015 7:24:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> JordanVw@AOL.COM writes:
>>>>
>>>> well then its NOT a Eberspacher BA6. its a Webasto BBW46. google it
>>>> and you will see some repair manuals.
>>>>
>>>> Eberspacher BA6's were not used on the watercooled vanagons.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> my comment above is not entirely correct. i meant to say the Eberspacher
>>>> BA6 was not used on WATERBOXER vaagons. the watercooled diesel vanagon
>>>> used a Eberspacher gas heater, but it was called the DA6. You can add a BA6
>>>> to a waterboxer vanagon is you do some custom ducting, but vw never used
>>>> them on the waterboxers. the Webasto BBW46 was the gas heater used on the
>>>> waterboxers..
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