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• RE:any eurovans out there?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Lowry
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:23:52 -0500
  ...An example of parts problems is my EV is currently in the shop having = the plumbing to the rear heat exchanger replaced. One of...
• Hot Water Glitch?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 13:45:15 EDT
  ...Basically, it seems like water will lie in the copper pipe that extends from the drinking water tank down to the heat exchanger. When...
• RE: Heat won't shut off all the way
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:40:46 -0700
  ...I've got that same problem.....does it have to do with the valve that controls coolant flow to the heat exchanger not closing...
• Re: A hot question...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:30:31 -0800
  ...It's just a small heat exchanger like the one that's buried in the heater in front. Haven't used the exhaust to...
• Re: intermittent blower squeak
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 03:47:45 -0400
  At 01:26 9/21/99 , Jeff and Deb wrote: >The fans on both my rear heat exchanger and front heater intermittently >squeak. This...
• Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:19:10 -0800
  ...I have had an up close (and under!) look at the latter and the heat arrangement is via an oil-water heat exchanger mounted...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:23:35 EDT
  Ken; That's why some such conversions have trouble, they have to leave off the oil-to-water heat exchanger. I suggest leaving it...
• Re: SMOKE! After I turn off my BA6 Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 20 May 2002 15:11:16 -0400
  ...If your heater is very rusty , the heat exchanger could be damaged. >If you have never had the heater serviced, or even the pan...
• Re: Dealers and Vanagons, was Re: Pics Of The Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:03:13 -0800
  ...for an '86, neither 251265303C "heat exchanger" (aka heater core) or 251407097 "spacer sleeve" for the radius rod, are shown as NLA from VW...
• 85 Rear Heater Questions
  Historical mailing list - Betsy Webb
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 13:38:21 -0400
  ...When I look at the heat exchanger, the small radiator like thing, there is some corrision at the bottom. I ran the van until...
• Re: Boiling water in Westy(f), was: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 19:48:26 EST
  ...HEWLETT.COM> writes: ...Has anyone worked on a direct water-heat exchanger that runs through the brake rotor? Or drums? ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO...
• Re: Fridge ?
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 15:08:02 -0600
  ...It suggested installing a tiny electric powered fan to blow air through the cold internal heat exchanger. While it's been a long time...
• Found: Type II graveyard
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 3 Dec 94 23:29:53 PST
  ...They had a huge stack of heat exchangers ($25-50 each) and of importance was a 72-74 bus style drivers side heat exchanger...
• Re: converting watercooled vanagon to aircooled
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:22:51 EDT
  ...And no matter how well you insulate there is always the chance of CO poisoning from the exhaust heat exchangers. With the watercooled you...
• Misc Parts that need a home other than mine
  Historical mailing list - Jason Leigh
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:53:43 -0400
  ...engine,complete- less fuel injection (unknown miles) 1981 Set of heat exchangers, good shape 1973 Upper cot- Good canvas 1981 Westy upper bunk matresses...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:46:50 -0700
  Sure sounds like a messy job. Did you buy that 2 year old cooler new? Sounds like you put a lot of miles on...
• VW oil cooler..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:53:05 -0700
  My first inline motor, a 1.8l from a cabriolet, had no oil/coolant heat exchanger. When I changed it to an ABA 2...
• heater blower project
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 4 Oct 95 11:23:23 EDT
  ...Just run aluminum duct hose right from the heat exchanger to the duct on the body. In NJ and points north, you were never...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:19:08 -0500
  ...At least if the oil/coolant > exchanger from the zetec escape that we use now has a problem and we > lose the coolant, the...
• '66 progress, question about full-flow oil filter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:11:07 -0700
  Hi all, Yesterday, I got all my tin-ware and heat exchangers back from the powder coating place. The heat-exchangers got a special...
• Re: Thermostat???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hunter
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:13:54 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I'm taking out the heat > exchangers and running J-tubes so not having a heater is obvious. I did this > with my Type...
• Re: whistling when the heat is on???
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:40:03 -0500
  ...live in Atlanta? <G> BTW, I have also removed that &*%! heat exchanger that normally lives under the rear seat. George/ATL '89 Westy, Wernher...
• Well, it runs...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 16:50:21 -0600 (CST)
  ...The right heat exchanger was warm (maybe 150 degrees, but not too warm to put my hand on it); the left side heat exchanger...
• !#?*@? Exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 11:27:36 -0400
  ...I guess this time I better fix it for good, right? Yeah, right! The crossover pipe that attaches to the heat exchangers and hooks...
• 1972 (ENGINE'S IN) Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:33:04 -0400
  ...in there now went to the 1600cc, hook up the heat exchangers, the muffler, plug up the holes for the EGR system that the...
• Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Sep 1994 15:35:12 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I got a good look at the right heat exchanger and it's perforated with rust. No wonder I got cold in the winter...
• Re: (long) EVERYTHING you want to know about heat, was Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:01:55 -0500
  ...inefficient heat exchanger from engine to carrier stream to output stream, 2) failure to move enough mass of carrier to achieve the desired heat...
• Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:58:21 -0700
  ...lately....I have had some other issues with cooling and recently replaced my oil/coolant heat exchanger (mine had a pin hole water leak...
• Re: Wesipes - pizza in the engine box!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:55:54 -0600
  ...heat to harness. >Perhaps someone can come up with a heat-exchanger we can use the >catalytic converter with? > >You know, cold weather needs...
• Re: Exhaust Stud Nuts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 10:27:38 -0700
  ...My '71 now has brazed on flanges for the lower heat exchangers with lockwashered grade 8 bolts, and the 2/4 outlets have 15mm...
• Emissions Inspection 1980 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Rankin
  Mon, 4 Dec 95 17:48:03 -0500
  ...The replacement system appears to have the muffler attached to the heat exchangers - no Catalytic Converter . I am concerned about this because I live...
• Re[2]: What's a Backfire
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 Nov 95 19:55:44 EST
  ...I engines, the culprit is usually the joint between the heat exchanger and the muffler. Those little do-nuts sometimes don't seal properly...
• Re: Vanagons In Space [F]
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:09:06 CDT
  ...Mir's heat exchangers are easier to find. 6. Mir is more aerodynamic and gets MUCH better fuel economy (how many YEARS has it...
• Re: Anyone out there install a Busboys oil cooler on a WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:29:40 -0400
  ...Aren't the oil hoses close to the heat exchanger? If not, how do you route them? Where did you place the oil cooler...
• Re: Heater cable repair
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:24:32 -0500
  ...The one controlling the heat exchanger is stuck on due to a bend in the wire near the lever, and the top one, whatever...
• Re: Heat won't shut off all the way
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:02:12 -0800
  ...do with the valve that > controls coolant flow to the heat exchanger not closing all the way? Is > it hard to replace the valve...
• Re: Westy fridge on propane, how effective?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:43:28 -0700
  ...ice cubes in the little trays that rest on the heat exchanger > fins > even > >when the thermostat is set only halfway down. Maybe you...
• Intercooler
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:47:05 -0800
  ...An intercooler is basically a heat exchanger which cools down the intake air after the turbocharger and before it enters the cylinder head to...
• '80 exhaust (California vs. Standard)
  Historical mailing list - gbasey
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:37:51 -0500
  ...I think I could salvage the heat exchangers and the cat but the rest of the system is junk. One more thing, were I...
• Re: A/C Basic Path of Flow?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 23 May 2005 10:30:09 -0500
  ...That device (evaporator) sits in the passenger cabin and passes warm air over a heat exchanger (radiator like device) to absorb the heat of...
• Re: Exhaust don't fit.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:15:10 -0500
  ...the steel tubes coming down through the tin to the heat exchangers for the interior heat ('80). I checked with the parts guy and...
• Re: auxillary heat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:00:34 -0500
  ...What does anyone think about using the existing > hoses and > heat exchanger and connecting to the coolent lines? could it be > done? add a...
• Re: Dear Jerry, hope you are ok
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:22:46 -0800
  ...So, a mail server has a Domain Name Service Mail eXchanger record, eg: gmail.com. 3600 IN MX 20 alt2.gmail-smtpin.l.google...
• Re: Coolant in the oil?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:18:14 -0800
  ...Usually the oil ends up in the coolant with a failed oil heat exchanger... On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 12:49 PM Dan Lamb...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 May 2014 14:27:51 -0400
  ...Bentley, unless it's a non-pictured part >of the heat exchanger itself. > >Inside the heater box, sandwiched between the core and the blower...
• RE: Help! installing new muffler - 1st time
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  29 Sep 1994 12:59:43 +1000
  ...This allows you to access the top bolt which runs into a little crevice on top of the heat exchanger. It adds a little...
• fixing old heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:56:22 -0600 (CST)
  While the engine was out, I shopped around for a pair of used, but good, heater boxes. The 2 pairs I saw were in...
• FS 80 - 82 vanagon parts.
  Historical mailing list - K. Wyatt
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 12:44:22 -0600
  ...Drivers side heat exchanger (California style), assuming I can get it free from the other exhaust parts.) I should really charge for this but...
• Re: Air cooled heater idea/questions
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:34:30 -0800
  ...First, you're starting with heat > exchangers that are designed for heating air, and will not be very > effective at heat transfer to a...
• Re: Interior heat should be independent of the thermostat ??
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:39:31 -0700
  ...I never thought the heat exchangers were very effective, compared to the ones in my 911s, but G Matthew Bulley wrote up how he...
• Re: novel solar shower spotted
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:28:04 -0700
  ...I also have a heat exchanger off a tdi engine .. it's an EGR cooler really, coolant runs through many tubes in it, and...
• Under coating turned water balloon
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Wed, 13 May 1998 22:01:10 -0700
  ...I'm still experiancing a coolant leak even after isolating the coolant coming out of the rear exchanger. I'm hoping the VW folks...
• Weird Noises
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:45:16 -0700
  ...I crawled under with it running and the noise was definately on the passenger side, and louder above the heat exchanger than below. The...
• fresh air fan/87 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:00:02 -0500
  ...top, activates what appears to be a valve in the heat exchanger line. on my '87 that cable had broken, and the lever always...
• Re: [Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:43:32 MST
  ...I plan to possibly heat the coolant EXTERNALY (with a stove/burner) after it cools down, using the builtin heat exchanger and blower (instead...
• Re: WANTED: Exhaust Manifold
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:25:15 -0400
  ...No heat exchanger, mufflers, etc. required. Just the exhaust flanges and about 6 inches of down pipe to where it goes into the collector...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 28 May 2011 15:33:16 -0700
  ...I'm going to add a 2.1 style 'oil heat > exchanger' ( called an oil cooler too ) to my 1.9 configuration engine > in...
• Re: Anyone seen this van in person
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:11 -0700
  ...Oil to coolant heat exchangers are one way to add heat to a Porsche powered VW. ________________________________ From: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon...
• Re: '80 ac vangon exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:55:11 -0500
  ...I'm assuming from the picture that is bolts directly to the exchangers - no need for the 'J' pipe. TIA jamie '80 ac vanagon...
• Re: fixing old heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 22:55:59 -0600
  Sami sez: >While the engine was out, I shopped around for a pair of used, but good, >heater boxes. The 2 pairs I saw...