Good news eric. Worth the price eh? Btw, for mostly useless info. The Vw iltis front heater core ( iltis was a light military jeep like vehicle made by Vw, and used by us Canadians among others) is the same as the rear heater core on van. I bought a lot of them, with other stuff in lot, at govt auction decades ago. I gave away most, used one, maybe I still have one. But just in case, that’s the cross reference Ab > On Jul 28, 2022, at 7:13 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > I folks, > > I’ve gotten O rings from several vender sources including GW and Bus Lab, non worked. Even with the new core. They seeped. > > I decided to finally use gasket sealer but when I went to do this with a friend. I wanted sighted help to keep the goop out of the coolant. We noticed that the Bus Depot O Ring, marked Genuine VW part and more then three times the price of the others was thicker. So we tried it all by itself. > > I reported earlier it seemed to be working. > > After a second couple of drives it is again dry and holding. > > So, just saying, I ordered a second one from Bus Depot to keep in my spare. Hopefully I won’t need it and after three failures finally part number 4 is working. > > Eric Caron |
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