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• Gas fired heaters (long) (was: heating parkedvanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 01:06:42 +0100
  ...They consist of a combustion chamber/heat exchanger unit installed somewhere under the hood, various plumbery to link to the coolant system, an electric...
• Re: Question about VW Bus Heads?
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:26:38 -0800
  The 2.0 vanagon heads will be square ports on the exhaust so the customer will probably need a new exchanger/exhaust system as...
• '83 fan removal / header removal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:44:33 -0800
  ...I separated the muffler, left heat exchanger, and catalytic converter from the system - the right side headers are off, but the left side just...
• Re: !#?*@? Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 11:40:45 -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...
• 1700CC reinstall
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Oct 1994 11:13:20 -0400
  ...TWee to put the heat exchanger/muffler back into the exhaust ports as one u unit, and _boy_ was it hard ... we even had...
• Re: 79 bus
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 7:57:18 PDT
  ...possibility that the smell you're getting from your heater (heat exchangers) may be exhaust fumes. This is quite dangerous and should be checked...
• Why's one side hotter (1600 DP)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:09:09 -0600 (CST)
  ...5 miles, I can reach in and touch the manifold, heat exchangers, heads, exhaust...any part that's on both sides...and notice a...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:14:11 -0700
  ...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more > > > > Reply-To: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > > > > > > > > > > Did you buy that 2 year old cooler new? > > > > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog...
• Re: Mystery Accessory Get Rich$$$! <F>
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 May 2002 18:12:02 -0500
  ...Stan, that's pretty darned funny. > > Seriously, though, I haven't been able to locate the engine > management > computer, the heat exchangers, OR the...
• Re: AC Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:14:44 -0400
  ...will freeze at that temperature, which will ice up the heat exchanger (evaporator). If an AC is icing up, it is usually due to...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 7 May 2014 12:52:45 -0600
  ...Bentley, unless it's a non-pictured part >> of the heat exchanger itself. >> >> Inside the heater box, sandwiched between the core and the blower...
• coolant replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 20:52:21 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It's got a fan and a heat exchanger, but I'd have to build some brackets....wouldn't be too hard, but if...
• Re: Auto Tranny vs. Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:00:41 -0500
  ...The fact that heat exchangers are installed on automatics and not manuals is a testament to the extra heat generation. For low speed crawling...
• Re: [NVC] 1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For Your Family
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:01:57 -0700
  ...in the text below the article: > > "Dude it IS a heat exchanger, read the body copy on the ad - "a steam > pressure kettle which...
• Extra Oil cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:40:36 -0700
  ...I am running the normal VW oil/coolant heat exchanger between the block and the oil filter. I recently flogged my van hard on...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 15:33:26 -0700
  ...Just having a new Behr heat exchanger and new fan should make a lot more than 10F difference from before!
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  7/12/95 6:24 PM
  ...It has an oil cooler that circulates engine coolant around the oil in a heat exchanger located between the engine block mount for the...
• Re: Air-cooled heat question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 14 May 2000 06:14:26 -0400
  ...Air-cooled heat question Does anyone out there have the heat exchanger setup working well enough to warm their van efficiently? I have only...
• Re: Winters in the van... MAKE YOUR OWN 'SAFE' HEATER
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:13:15 -0500
  ...You could use wound copper tubing, lots of it, as the heat exchanger. You could shield the heater element for more effectiveness and play...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jun 1996 18:45:06 -0700
  ...A loover sized heat >exchanger in the air dump? improve >oil heat radiation, or what ever occurs to you. > Thanks for listening and considering...
• Re: fixing old heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 23:36:02 -0700
  ehintz@mail.utexas.edu wrote: : Sami sez: : >While the engine was out, I shopped around for a pair of used, but good, : >heater boxes...
• Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:12:37 -0700
  ...DMc > > ---- Jonathan Berg <jonbergga@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I'm pondering putting either a slightly (or much) larger water/oil > > heat exchanger from a PD...
• Re: extractor exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 20:13:04 -0800
  ...considering the head differences, and still aligning and sealing with heat exchangers and carb heater tubes. Well as Ron stated "Most of the extractor...
• Re: Dealing with Terry K (was< no subject given>)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:23:28 +1100
  ...exchanger and put on a dedicated ATF cooler, fer bog's sake. >Cooling the ATF below 85C with that scoop with the heat exchanger...
• 89 Westy / $ of head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL POPE
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:28:52 -0500
  ...I am going to inspect front heat exchanger this weekend. Drove to work and back today (over pass on new I 26) with front...
• Re: An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:24:54 -0400
  ...Maybe big flexible hose for that? Perhaps > the outside air heat exchanger could take advantage of ram air when > moving to improve efficiency? > > Edward...
• '79 into an '80, was Re: '80 engine into a '79... doable?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:15:02 -0700
  ...Besides changing out the heat exchangers, fan shroud, etc., you will > have to drill out the engine mount bolt hole because it is larger...
• Re: [Syncro] Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Wed, 17 May 2000 11:00:34 -0400
  ...The 911 heat exchangers will provide plenty of heat, this is no type 1 engine he is talking about! > You were stating that you...
• Thanks and apologies
  Historical mailing list - Carlos Del Rio
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:08:52 -0400
  ...the connection to the throttle is gone, as is the tube connecting it to the heat exchangers. Does not idle well at all. My...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 May 2014 18:32:07 -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: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2011 17:14:25 -0400
  ...Oil to water heat exchangers are frequently used because they are extremely efficient at transferring heat. This also saves the cost of additional thermostats...
• Re: 1982 motor mount replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:09:50 -0700
  ...Can the rear motor mounts be replaced without > removing the heat exchangers, plumbing, muffler? What is the > easiest > way to replace these? > > Thanks for...
• Back on heating
  Historical mailing list
  3 Feb 95 16:47
  ...I guess they shouldn't actually be called "radiators" though more like "heat exchangers". So any comments?? Lee '64 Samba l.s.griffiths@physics...
• Re: Happier update to '81 Westy project.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 9:58:07 MDT
  ...had to get it off of my chest. > UPS can find me now! At last! And my second heat exchanger arrived > this morning. 2...
• Re: Engine from '79 westie to '81 AirCool
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 02:41:56 -0700
  ...The biggie is the heat exchangers, if your 79 isn't a fairly late 79, this swap will be expensive. I was fortunate that...
• Re: FS 2000 cc CV Air Cooled Engine - Update
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:12:46 -0500
  ...I can also furnish the complete injection system and heat exchangers. If you require more info, contact me by E-mail or 214-352...
• Re: '83 fan removal / header removal
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:24:10 -0800
  ...I separated the muffler, left heat > exchanger, and catalytic converter from the system - the right side > headers are off, but the left side just...
• installing type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 12 Jul 95 9:53:49 PDT
  ...It probably takes a little longer this way since attaching the heat exchangers and fan housing is a bit less convenient when the engine...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:06:23 -0800
  ...These have the main heat exchanger for the climate control right above the "Power Center"...the main panel with over 80 fuses and relays...
• Re: novel solar shower spotted
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:33:12 -0700
  ...Steven 91 Westy On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > was done years ago, heat exchanger...
• Re: 79 bus
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Tue, 9 Aug 1994 19:50:54 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The problem is that the oil drips from the head, thru the heat exchangers, to the ground, oiling the heater boxes substantially. On the...
• Fwd: 87 Vanagon- Antifreeze smell
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 00:46:25 -0400
  ...Requires some clearancing of the shrouding around the heat exchanger to make it fit. You lose the ability to turn it off in the...
• Re: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:33:54 -0500
  ...Should I keep it in the Westy or take it out and have a nice > storage cabinet? Has anyone remove the AC heat exchanger...
• Re: From AC Capacity to Propane Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew M Fox
  Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:28:03 -1000
  ...It's a forced air propane > system that lives outside the van or tent, and doesn't pass combustion > products (uses a heat exchanger...
• Re: Auto tranny cooling
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:19:31 -0400
  ...There is a reason many oil coolers (trans or engine) use oil to water heat exchangers. They are remarkably effective. The vanagon automatic gets...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 12:14:26 -0700
  ...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: 73 Westy into California...how hard?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 10:33:49 PST
  ...It had a heat exchanger under the front winshield and a compressor at the rear left corner of the engine. I tried many times...
• CA '80 exhaust - thanks
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Doherr
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 08:40:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...in the hole) on the right side (connection to right heat exchanger). Since this was the side that my own pipe was faulty (quote...
• Re: [syncro.org] How-To's on pulling the fridge out
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:21:29 EDT
  ...vent cover has been off of >the 87 I purchased and I'm sure the heat exchanger could use a good >cleaning. > >Thanks, >JT > > >
• Re: List problems- need admin help?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:37:15 -0800
  ...some >changes on my web server to use a different mail exchanger because messages >could not be sent to comast.net. > >But, you are...
• Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:41:54 -0500
  ...They also make non-thermostatic sandwich adapters but if you are planning on leaving the heat exchanger space might be a problem. Good Luck...
• Re: Coolant under rear bench carpet
  Historical mailing list - Ron Pascal
  Sun, 5 Jan 1997 00:25:42 -0800
  ...I imagine there must be some kind of leak from the rear heat > exchanger. I seem to remember a thread along these lines a...
• She runs!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 16:17:53 -0600 (CST)
  ...the stripped nut (or stud?), but it's actually a heat exchanger, even though I put in a new gasket. Will check it out...
• Re: Funky-sounding Vanagon engines
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:23:10 -0500
  ...It basically was just some pipes that bolted to the heat exchangers and crossed over each other behind the engine with some small glasspack...
• Re: thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:59:51 -0600 (CST)
  ...be more nervous about the welded-shut vents to the heat > > exchangers. Wouldn't that change the whole dynamics of air flow? > > I've...
• bus news
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 26 Apr 96 17:14:23 EDT
  ...Got some new hose for the heater blower fan -- heat exchanger route in the engine compartment. The old ones were held together by duct...
• RE: Buy of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:57:56 -0800
  ...There were two outlets for the exhaust about a foot > apart and had two very small heat exchanger type structures. Any one > interested in...
• Re: Exaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 28 May 2002 09:33:39 -0400
  ...The heater boxes (or exchangers) bolt directly onto the heads. E-mail Stan Wilder. I think he has a goiod used pair. Next, order...
• Re: MINOR? COOLANT CATASTROPHE HELP NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:49:08 -0500
  Chris, Obviously sounds like a failure of the rear heat exchanger or it's associated hoses or the valve. Not that big of a...
• Re: Standard to automatic?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:31:35 -0700
  ...Some even consider it a liability, as the exchanger is made of aluminum and can corrode. More than one transmission has been ruined by...