Thanks to all who responded to my question on the odor coming from my rear heat exchanger. As suggested I pulled off the cowling. When I saw dried residue on the lower hose connection I thought that this might be the source of the coolant leak. With a warm engine, very faint vapor trails rise from each end of the heat exchanger, and I can immeadiately smell the bitter sweet odor. I assume that this means the whole unit is shot, though I see no coolant leaking. Do I need to replace the whole heat exchanger including the fan? It seems to be all one unit, and I think mine says it is made in FRANCE. Is this an original VW part? Could anyone tell me where I could find a reasonably priced replacement, if in fact I need to replace the whole unit? Is there a good archive reference to replacement of the heat exchanger? Sorry for the flood of questions.... again. Jeff Hartman Juneau, AK jhartman@ptialaska.net Jeff Hartman
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