On Tue, 21 May 1996, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote: > Anybody else have any experience controlling engine temp with your > heater? Watercooled only, obviously, VW or otherwise. Can a heater have > this much oomph? Or do I have its return hose connected near the temp > sensor of the engine, or some other oddity? > ______________________________________________________________________ I remember my family driving cross country in a watercooled beast one summer. During one excessively hot day on a long uphill grade, my father resorted to the heater as a engine cooling device. It worked well, but the howls of protest and misery from the sweltering occupants almost outweighed the advantage. The temp needle DID make a significant drop, though. Greg '71 Westy (no can re-test the heater-cooling phenomenon)
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