Date:         Tue, 21 May 1996 16:02:01 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         Greg Schmidt <schmigr@mail.auburn.edu>
Subject:      Re: That's some heater!



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)