Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:00:32 -0400
Reply-To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
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Mine is definitely an air-blowing heater and the installation looks to be factory ... or a very well done dealer installation.
The heater unit is aft of the fuel tank, but not on the centreline of the vehicle; it is offset to the driver's side. There is an exhaust which comes out from under the shield to the side of the van.
I guess I will have to drop the shield when the Hyena comes out of storage this spring and see what lives inside. I am familiar with the DA6, but have always encountered it mounted under the rear bench on the passengers side with ductwork up under the bench. I also have an older {non functional} Eberspacher on my '66 which is mounted under the rear bench.
The ductwork coming from this heater has outlets under the drivers seat and behind the front seats and walkthrough (aimed back at the cabin). The timer is mechanical - the little green knob you push/pull and turn - as we had in an older bread loaf (which was an Eberspacher). The vehicle owners manual describes how to use the timer, but makes no mention of what type of heater is on the other end.
Roy
On 29-Jan-2015, at 02:54, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 1/28/2015 5:40:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca writes:
> Where was the BBW46 installed? Was it under the rear bench on the passenger side?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> the gas fueled coolant preheater - webasto BBW46- was installed in the engine compartment. it had a little digital control readout mounted under the dash this coolant preheater was an option on waterboxer vanagons in canada.
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> what your describing on your '88 westy,sounds like it is indeed a Eberspacher BA6. can you install a Eberspacher BA6 on a waterboxer vanagon? Sure you can. ive sold them to people who have done it and have one here that i plan to install in my '89 westy (someday) You just do some custom ductwork and it will work fine. Did volkswagen install the Eberspacher BA6 in waterboxer vanagons from the factory? not to my knowledge.. but your in canada, so it may be different up there. does the installation look factory, or custom? you describe the heater unit as being mounted under the drivers side of your vanagon - volkswagen mounted them under the CENTER of the vanagon.. behind the gas tank. not on the drivers side.
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