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• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 07:37:36 -0700
  ...Try to design it so that should any part fail, the system reverts back to stock. .Mount the heat exchanger and all the lines...
• Re: Adding twin carbs to 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:31:13 EST
  ...I also intend to fabricate a better flowing >exhaust system whilst retaining the standard heat exchangers (I want >to stay >warm). The exhaust will...
• Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:11:17 -0400
  Oil-water heat exchangers can leak due to both temperature and pressure. The Leaks can also be so small they can't readily be...
• Selling '81 Westy in Montreal
  Historical mailing list - Johannes Emigholz
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:36:22 -0400
  ...Drops on heat exchanger what smells but is not necessarily bad The oil cooler sometimes leaks. I am pretty sure that it is the...
• Re: Coleman DC cooler
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:00:55 -0700
  ...things out to get some serious airflow across the external heat > exchanger. I left the original motor just powering the internal fan. > > Do you...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 May 2002 (#2002-619)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 20 May 2002 23:26:36 -0700
  ...We're talking 5 kilowatts here, assuming 100% thermal efficiency, and 100% effectiveness for the heat exchanger (basically impossible without direct immersion of the...
• Re: How to flush the system
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 23:42:10 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Next I decided to put a "prestone" T connector into the heater line that goes to the front heat exchanger. I choose the heater...
• Re: 1986 2.1L carburated 5 speed vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:20:37 -0500
  ...Looks like they've got a heat exchanger to provide preheated intake air for the carb. I've been wondering about exhaust differences between...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:55 -0400
  ...Even if you > weren't and you were relying on the stock fluid/fluid heat exchanger, > it would be a bad approach to the...
• Re: Late model poptop skylights and canvas
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:34:13 EDT
  ...water intake port, which is dead center of the fridge heat exchanger coil, switched from the front of the sink cabinet. Cheers, Frank Condelli...
• Re: hot water in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:57:38 +0000
  ...The heat exchanger was familiar to me: I used it in USA - about 30,000 BTU capacity. Located next to rear heater under the...
• Well, selling the 71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Tue, 13 May 2008 20:12:38 -0700
  ...New heat exchangers (for winter heating). New muffler. New master cylinder (brakes) and brake shoes. Receipts/records for all work/parts. "Bentley" service manual...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:19:19 -0700
  ...911 has one, built right into the block. > > > > the water heat exchanger on 2.1 wbxr engines is a little different .. > > it serves to...
• Final Parts list and request for confirmation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:03:36 -0400
  ...Barrett (1st) PWIES@LOYOLA.EDU (2nd) vwbus@TCPBBS.COM (3rd) heat exchangers Martin Barrett (1st) David E Most (2nd) Fuel Pump, - Fuel pressure regulator...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 13 May 2011 08:41:29 -0700
  ...I have been slowly amassing/renovating compressor, hoses, valves > and heat exchanger, Cunegonde's 1.9l WBX doesn't really have the pep to...
• Re: Catholic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 00:22:21 EST
  ...He has no heat exchangers, and wants to connect the outlet directly into his heater pipes under the rear seat. I'm not sure...
• Re: List problems- need admin help?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:22:59 -0500
  ...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: No emails!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:39:16 -0800
  ...Whomever has access to the mail exchanger that the gerry list sends through should be able to confirm if this is happening. -john Mike...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 15 May 2011 17:31:22 -0700
  ...I have been slowly amassing/renovating compressor, hoses, valves and heat exchanger, Cunegonde's 1.9l WBX doesn't really have the pep to...
• 550 mile Nightmare trips (and then some)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Innes
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:39:13 -0800
  ...Well, somewhere near the Mackinaw Narrows, the heat exchanger decides to give up the ghost, instantly turning our bus into a gas chamber. A...
• heater duct repair questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Dec 1995 10:08:38 -0800 (PST)
  ...those accordion looking black plastic parts that attach the heat exchangers to the "Y". what are the paper parts inside for? filter of some...
• Re: Mysterious Coolant Drip 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:37:24 -0700
  ...tube runs off to I believe the under-seat rear heat exchanger. Anyway -- I have a pinhole leak at that junction, and it looks...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:44:20 -0800
  ...Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?) > > fwiw.. > nearly ALL auto trans equipped cars have 'something' for a trans cooler, > usually a heat exchanger in the...
• Re: novel solar shower spotted
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:59:33 -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...
• Met a List MMember & bought an engine
  Historical mailing list - A Brandy Psmythe
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 20:51:21 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But the other carb looks great, as well as three camshafts, 2 sets of heat exchangers, a couple fuel pumps, a couple fly wheels...
• A tale from the underworld
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:03:39 EDT
  So, shortly after my Tiico conversion the valve on the front heat exchanger decided to choose THAT time to need replacing. Of course, I...
• Re: Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 23 May 1999 13:29:51 -0400
  ...I smelled the coolant smell when I +AD4- turned on the heater and soon found the puddle by the rear heat exchanger. +AD4- BARSleak...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 3 May 2016 15:40:20 -0700
  ...On the 2.1L the oil to > water heat exchanger is the usual source. If an automatic it could be ATF > getting into the...
• Re: Golf GTI oil coolers available?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:12:25 EDT
  ...I kept the original water to oil heat exchanger in place ... just added additional capacity. I also left the thermal bypass valve on the...
• An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:55:58 -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...
• Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:53:35 -0700
  ...I am > planning to upgrade my oil/water heat exchanger to bigger one. That > combined with remote controlled webasto and electrical aux water/oil...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve leak?
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:44:13 -0700
  ...some 2.1 WTB's have a heat exchanger, i.e. a combination of water cooler and oil cooler, located between the oil filter...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 May 2016 16:50:32 -0700
  ...On the 2.1L the oil to > water heat exchanger is the usual source. If an automatic it could be > ATF getting into the...
• Re: More Info on Copper Core German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:32:10 -0700
  ...The "radiator" is a heat exchanger. It's efficiency in exchanging heat from hot coolant to ambient (100F in Mesa AZ, 60F in Yellowknife...
• Re: Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Mon, 24 May 1999 10:35:03 -0700
  ...I smelled the coolant smell when I > >turned on the heater and soon found the puddle by the rear heat exchanger. > >BARSleak seemed to...
• bus parts available (yes, i got a new issue of limbo newsletter!)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 18 Jul 94 12:17:24 CDT
  ...Larry Sargent (716) 392-8939 NY * 75-78 Bus right and left heat exchangers, mint condition, $100 each. will trade for NOS Type 3...
• Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:27:23 -0700
  ...I am >> planning to upgrade my oil/water heat exchanger to bigger one. That >> combined with remote controlled webasto and electrical aux water/oil...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:38:28 -0800
  ...Either one of those small Ecotemp propane heaters (http://www.eccotemp.com), a zodi, or even an engine coolant heat exchanger (http://www.hotcampshowers...
• Attention Calif-Emissions Aircooled Vanagon Owners!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:42:42 -0400
  ...just obtained some of the elusive left-side California-only heat exchangers. These were $400 when last available, and haven't been made for...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:59:05 -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...
• Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - aka.bugle
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:35:23 -0400
  ...then I'll back flush out both sides of the exchanger. >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM, aka.bugle <aka.bugle...
• Re: Installing heater fan motor on 86 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 06:35:24 EDT
  ...I think I used the thinner thickness on the flaps and the thicker one around the motor and heat exchanger. Install it around the...
• Re: Engine removal, long winded...... Seeking advice
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:01:01 -0600
  ...engine" :-) If it was sitting on the floor, exhaust and heat exchangers in place, anyone know how high it is? I wish I could...
• Re: Portland OR Vanagon Engine Swap Shop
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:57:59 -1000
  ...I used the entire 2.1 exhaust system ..so I have room for the 2.1 oil cooler/heat exchanger. All I had to...
• Re: freshly rebuilt 1600DP running VERY HOT!
  Historical mailing list - H. Steven Dolan
  Wed, 1 May 1996 16:57:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Ideally, the heat exchangers are hung from the engine block by metal braces. Over time these have a tendency to come loose or break...
• Re: extractor exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:26:02 -0500
  ...cut off everything but the flanges that bolted to the heat exchangers and a short section immediately after the flanges. They then welded up...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 09:50:47 -0700
  ...I added a Vw oil/coolant heat exchanger to my inline motor after monitoring the oil temp...with reluctance, because I read these are...
• Re: What Oil to Use on Startup?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:53:11 -0400
  ...Even in cold weather the oil cooler (heat exchanger) will ensure the oil will get hot. If using a good filter there should be...
• Re: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
  Historical mailing list - Sharpe, John M (John)
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:49:48 -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...
• Heater Box Photos
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:40:27 -0500
  ...Do the heat exchanger and a/c evaporator more or less share common space, so that first you either heat or cool (or do...
• Re: Exaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Tue, 28 May 2002 10:45:05 -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: Heating system
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 13:07:12 EDT
  ...Then the source of air *into* the heat > exchangers will be prewarmed air from the cabin so that things will > get nice and toasty...
• Aladin's Treasure Cave in Renton?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:51:37 -0800
  ...Aluminum for solar-cell racks, etc? No time for the heat exchangers last night :( Tonight or tomorrow morning, I fervently hope. Full report when...
• Re: Door vents
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:18:22 EDT
  ...the alternator fan which pushes > the cold air through the heat exchangers at the exhaust > system. The hot air goes through a paper duct...
• Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:06:34 -0800
  ...As that trans oil gets to 250 or more suddenly that oil to water heat exchanger works really well even with 190 water inside...
• antifreeze carpet
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 20:40:35 -0900 (AKST)
  ...it) and saw the corrosion on the fins of the heat exchanger. The shut-off valve had a small drop of coolant on it...
• Re: Mr Heater
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:49:19 -0500
  ...but it does seem like there would be a > vented/heat exchanger option for less than $700. > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 7:48...
• Carson pick-n-pull report
  Historical mailing list - Will Anderson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:13 -0800
  ...throttle body, egr valve, AAR, injectors etc intact, CSV busted)--heat exchangers toast but decent crossover pipe w/egr good and cat (shhh) and...
• Re: Muffler upgrade info request
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:29:50 -1000
  ...The whole exhaust is more to the left, so there is room for a 2.1 style oil cooler/heat exchanger. There are lots...
• Re: Exhaust Extractors??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 16:12:03 PST
  ...If you were to remove the stock muffler, you would see four round openings, 2 in each heat exchanger. I have seen extractor systems...