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• Re: 2300 Miles Later
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:37:43 -0700
  ...pressure air? I was able to reproduce this over and over. > > Heating-up was likely caused by reduced airflow over your radiatior because the...
• Re: battery powered block heaters? - BBW 46 gas heater on Canadian syncros
  Historical mailing list - G. Lee
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 12:18:24 -0600
  ...VW offered an optional stand-alone coolant heating system on Canadian Syncros. The Webasto BBW 46 gas heater will operate while the van is...
• Re: aluminum or brass radiater-- which is best?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Thu, 19 May 2005 23:52:49 -0700
  ...Will one provide a mesurable > edge in over heating protection the summer, especially with a/c? Can > both be rebuilt , or renewed by radiater...
• Re: What is it with the US? (Real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:05:42 -0400
  ...For your heating comparison. Is that $0.08/kwh the total with taxes and delivery charges? Here on Long Island the total cost for...
• Re: parking brake adjustment frozen
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2011 01:11:02 -0400
  ...I've tried Kroil soaking and heating with a propane torch, but I can;t move it--either tighter or looser. It looks like...
• Re: oil temp up
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:17:33 -0400
  ...The big factor in heating the oil is speed and load. Dennis.
• Re: tire pressure for BFGs on Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:02:06 -0700
  ...I started with 40 psi, and that seems a bit low in the rear. (Tire is bulging and heating up a bit on the...
• Re: Survey--shower mod
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:36:51 -0500
  ...With the heating layer on top you get only >conductive and not convective mixing, takes way longer to warm the whole thing. > >d >David...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - Hans Vanhethoen
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:12:28 -0500
  ...because In the winter the sunlight does a good job of heating up the van interior . This is what I have found to be...
• Re: New Propane tank fill valve/fitting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:12:52 -0500
  ...no longer be able to get filled by a propane truck, heating dealer or any other facility that does not refill DOT tanks. You...
• 87 Vanagon Engine Overheating problems
  Historical mailing list - Edwin Francisco Canessa Amador
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:55:45 -0600
  ...In order to maintain engine temperature to its upper limit, the radiator fan and the heating system have to be running and on all...
• empirical data on heating a bus
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 08 Sep 1995 21:31:37 -0600
  ...The stock heating system is permanently and fully on, to assist in engine cooling (i.e., the heater box flaps are tied in the...
• Re: Oil drain plug washer?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:15:40 -0700
  ...If you are really anal you can anneal the thing by heating it with a propane torch or use your Westie stove burner. Supposedly...
• Smoke coming from under the van
  Historical mailing list - Joe Denison
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:13:13 -0800
  ...I've noticed that this only happens when I turn on this small knob next to my regular heating controls. It has a small...
• Re: the weep hole
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:37:59 -0300
  ...This happened to me once on over-heating. Malcolm On 29 Aug 2001, at 14:54, Kim G wrote: > hi list, > maybe this is...
• Propane tank color-- need to knw ASAP
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:51:46 -0800
  ...go with black to not draw attention to it as some people steal propane for their heating, especially in poor areas. Please advise, William
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:01:12 -0500
  ...I'm thinking the PO worked around things or took some shortcuts to compensate for heating/cooling problems. (like the rag I found stuffed...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 13:07:12 EDT
  ...You do raise an important point though - heating would be improved if hot air could be constantly recirculated rather than fresh all the time...
• Re: Door vents
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:18:22 EDT
  ...I believe the fresh air for heating enters the van through the cooling air intakes at the rear of the van and then is...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 May 2012 11:03:23 -0400
  ...Get fast acting Yes, both our fuel and temp gauges are operated by little heating elements wound around bimetallic strips that bend as they...
• '71 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 95 14:36:11 MST
  ...There is a very effective ventilating and heating system. Fresh air is supplied through six outlets controllable from the dash with two supplying the...
• Re: '75 Westy refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:38:40 -0600 (CST)
  On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Dan Houg wrote: > maybe, just maybe, heating an area of the condensor with a heat gun, > heat lamp, or...
• Re: hot water help
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Aug 94 10:03:45 EDT
  ...If the storage container is plastic, I'd be careful about heating water past 110F, because the plastic must be designed to take heat...
• Tri Star DOKA on eBay currently $13,800 US
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 08:01:01 -0400
  ...Vehicle has power steering and seat heating at the driver's seat. Thanks, Chris
• Temp gauge label explanation?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:46:24 -0700
  ...I presume that if it swings more to the right then we are heating up. There is nothing on the right to indicate "Help...
• Re: gas prices and fuel economy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:22:24 -0700
  ...We can talk about how we are being hurt by these prices, can't we? I haven't been able to buy heating oil...
• Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:18:56 -0800
  ...Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics > Yep, very cool. Er, warm. And since it runs on mantle heat, you could > do...
• ?Total Length of Htr Hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:14:56 -0600 (CST)
  ...Upon inspection of the other heating hoses I discovered that they are in pretty sorry shape. I need to make a run to FLAPS...
• Re: Radiator Design
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:41:32 -0700
  ...Another way to view the problem is like a closed solar heating system where natural convection keeps the fluid moving. If you open the...
• Re: Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:21:42 -0500
  ...And with snow just off the ground in parts of the US, a cold spring also pits heating oil against diesel supplies. Jim On...
• Roof openings.., four skylights???
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:14:55 -0800
  ...hate it when you're parked and the just sits there heating up..., I do have tinted windows..., the paint is white.., the interior...
• Re: Heating van at night
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:52:36 -0800
  Contact Santa Cruz Downworks, or Downworks in Santa Cruz. They use 800 fill power down. I've never been cold at night, as long...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentatio
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:39:44 PDT
  ...When the cooling fan doesn't go on when it should, > you get over heating (incidently, this was true with the GTIs/Jettas as...
• Re: more Q's on the TDI
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:48:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I know that some people use the home heating > oil regularly in their cars, there seems to be no difference in performance. Furnace oil...
• Engine Block Heater (for a syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:42:17 -0400
  ...1) "Frost Plug" Heater - a heating element inserted in place of one of the frost plugs in the engine block. Postings regarding these heaters...
• Fw: THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HEAT YOUR BUS
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 12 May 1997 13:05:06 -0400
  ...This is nonsense! > > Till portable nuclear source will be developed, electricity for heating is out. > > ENGINE EXHAUST AND OIL. Even Volkswagen realized that these...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:51:02 -0500
  ...lady a few month ago, now, she is stranded with over-heating >>>> problem deep into Mexico (near Acapulco), most coolant componants were >>>> replace, heads...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:46:32 -0400
  ...hold >it so the flame is where the pilot would be, heating up the safety >sensor. Once that's hot, you can turn the...
• Coleman Propane Catalytic Heater
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 25 Oct 96 10:11:35 PDT
  ...They are 12x16x8 free standing upright and have a heating element similar to the Olympian series of LPG RV heaters. Best of all they...
• Re: air cooled to 5cyl=heat?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:45:54 -0500
  Yes, it will be up to you to rig a heating system. The easiest method will probably be to find a donor setup from...
• Thoughts on why the diesel prices just went up on the east coast
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:22:33 -0500
  ...http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/021/business/Heating_oil_prices_hit_9_year_high+.shtml More explainations... -- ============================================================--------- Dominique Cormann Email: kozmik@home.com Homepage...
• A/C vent question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Davis
  Mon, 1 May 2000 14:18:27 EDT
  ...Are the side vents supposed to carry A/C to the front of the cab, or is this only for heating? Maybe something is...
• Re: Vanagon 89 Auto Carat Heating Up
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:02:54 -0500
  yeah... check that fan. Mine comes on when it gets much above halfway (which, in my case, is actually pretty rare :) ). -wes On Thu...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:04:34 -0800
  Ever thought about a bad thermostat or a bad head gasket (exhaust gases getting into the coolant, heating it and buiding pressure)? Does it...
• guess i need an old cat and muffler (Bay area)
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:35:02 -0700
  ...it seemed to clog the exhaust as the engine was heating up very fast and seemed to have trouble accelerating. I took the cat...
• air-cooled vanagons are cool
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 10:58:34 -0500
  ...In fact, compared to some of the buses I drove in earlier years it had lots of power! I dealt with the poor heating...
• Re: Electric vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:11:49 -0800
  ...The biggest question is - what is the heating like? LOL Would really be nice for short trips like going to the grocery store or...
• Re: Gas in Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  2 Jul 1996 13:21:38 -0700
  ...Kerosene Aviation Jet fuel Heating oil The problem of using a mix of gasoline and motor oil is that the very presence of any...
• Re: westy lists to port
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:22:21 -0800
  ...The easy fix is to shorten the right front spring by heating part of it in-situ. This drops the right front corner slightly...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:19:55 -0700
  Heating is purely an emissions enhancement for cold running. Sensor is useless until it heats up, which doesn’t take long in our short...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 16:45:31 -0500
  ...gun and it > was not over heating.Thanks Again, Bill 84 Westy >
• Re: Leefers? we don't need no stinkin' leefers! what we need iz
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Thu, 26 May 1994 18:54:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...an old SAAB before the Vanagon, and SAAB's also have heating systems with one control for heat, one for windshield air, and one...
• Re: kooltrons
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 14:57:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Cetin asked about the heating side of the cooler. Last thanksgiving I cooked a turkey (yep...i have some domestic qualities) for a family...
• one more '66 question (dog-house fan shroud)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 1996 16:18:18 -0700
  ...This is in addition to the two fresh-air-heating air ducts on the *back* (back means back of the car) of the shroud...
• Re: Syncro fuel sending unit
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:36:54 -0400
  ...But it take micro surjury and it's dangerous, because you end up heating the gas in the tank with a solding iron. Price...
• Re: Solar Shower &Water Storage Tank for Luggage Bin
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:30:11 -0400
  ...For max heating put the gerry can on its side (during the day) in the luggage rack. What I'm thinking of (for my...
• Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:38:30 -0600
  If the engine is not over heating......... Most likely a thermostat problem. Replace the thermostat, but be sure you get the right one. Some...
• Re: Heaters for winter camping
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:05:35 -0800
  > Heating a van in winter when camped out and away from external electric > power is always problematic, it seems to me. Catalytic heaters produce...
• Re: parking brake adjustment frozen
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 26 May 2011 19:25:10 -0700
  ...I've tried Kroil soaking and heating with a propane torch, but I can;t move it--either tighter or looser. It looks like...
• Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
  Historical mailing list - Leo Mulvihill
  Thu, 1 Sep 1994 00:38:28 -0400 (EDT)
  Try heating it with a torch Leo Mulvihill on Speedway Free Access -- (10288)-1-503-520-2222 wildcelt@speedway.net On Wed, 31 Aug...