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• Re: [OT] Efficiency of electric heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:26:55 -0500
  ...doesn't matter whether the heating elements are fifteen > > one-hundred Watt light bulbs, or whether the heating elements are put in > > an oil...
• Re: NOT SMART of me, BUT...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:40:27 -0700
  ...But driving without coolant and over heating the engine is a big non no. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:22 AM, PB...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 21:39:16 -0500
  ...I reckon it's not until the engine reaches operating > temperature and the thermostat opens that the extra burden of heating > up the fluid...
• Re: Auxiliary Heater (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Thu, 21 Apr 94 10:00:56 EDT
  ...One problem is that heat pumps lose efficiency with decreasing ambient temperature and typically need supplemental electrical resistance heating below around 40 degrees F...
• 84 vanagon engine troubles
  Historical mailing list - Brian Healey
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:21:25 +0000 ( )
  ...Apparently, due to the miles on my car (135,000+) its not uncommon to have heating/cooling problems and that THE way to fix...
• Re: Yes another stupid question:)
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Thu, 06 Feb 1997 12:55:51 -0800
  ...it. Buy the pump. bye, tim Yes, do what Tim said. Heating the gear oil on the stove in a bucket of water helps...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 7 May 2000 21:49:57 -0700
  ...Now my 83 AC, it had a problem keeping up with trafffic and not over heating. I thinks I have solved that and will...
• VW = no heat???
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:39:28 -0500
  ...coolant at the proper level, and have no problem with over heating in the summer (although I do "use" more than a normal amount...
• Re: Hot water heater
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:41:43 -0600
  ...I was thinking these heaters > could be used for a hydronic heating system inline with a low wattage pump > and a thermostatic control. > I...
• Friday Frozen bolts? Anyone tried this? L or N VC
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:05:06 -0800
  ...The following is a recommended method of removing frozen bolts; >>>>While trying to loosen a frozen bolt, I tried this trick of heating the...
• Re: Insulated pop top sleeve / cold weather boot/ heating/ insul...
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:48:40 EDT
  Right on Doug, I just picked up a reflecting sun screen for windshields. Looks like it would sandwich into the middle perfectly! Look to...
• Re: removing the stripe
  Historical mailing list - Aimee MacLeod
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:18:12 -0700
  ...But often after heating the decal as you go it just peels right off magically. I usedto work doing vehicle graphics and this is...
• Re: Heat exchanger for hot showers
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:42:18 -0400
  ...That's a lot different than > heating > up the onboard water. The key is the type of heat exchanger. There are > propane units available...
• Re: Botched Coolant Flush Implications?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:38:42 -0400
  ...After I opened the heater valve 100% for a few miles, >the heater function seemed to be restored, providing well modulated heating >over the...
• MI vw show-come see me
  Historical mailing list - rex eastman
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:59:15 -0700
  ...Kenyon tells > it, if VW replaces your heating system, you're doing VWOA a favor. Ain't > science wonderful? > > Somebody post Le Coz's...
• Re: THE ULTIMATE Engine Block Heater (for a syncro)
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 04:17:15 -0700
  ...In (brief) > summary, it seems there are 3 approaches: > > 1) "Frost Plug" Heater - a heating element inserted in place of one of > the frost...
• Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:02:29 -0500
  Doug, This is the most BRILLIANT DIY idea I've ever seen for heating the vangon!!! And your idea of placing it in the...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:02:47 -0400
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? Heating is purely an emissions enhancement for cold running. Sensor is useless until it heats up, which doesn’t...
• Re: Windshield Sunshade Smackdown!
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:00:36 -0500
  ...But for > minimizing interior heating of the van while parked in direct Sun Jonce is > on the right track. You have to stop the...
• Re: Re[2]: Back on heating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 95 9:52:56 EST
  I have the second oil cooler set up with a fan but it is not vented into the car as of now. It would...
• Vallejo
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:36:58 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Then I proceed to inform him of it's little problems, like the huge dent in the rear, and the super-heating motor. He...
• Re: Purpose of Westy skylight?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:50:29 -0400
  ...Left fully open it vents heat from the upper story and draws in cooler air from below to limit the heating effect of solar...
• Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:07:52 -0800
  Interesting aside here is that the Mercedes ML SUV uses an extra water circulation pump that runs for a while after the engine is...
• Re: [Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heatingparked vanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:43:09 -0800
  Hi DT, If I understand your query, you'd like to have a 12v means of circulating coolant. This would allow you to rig...
• Re: Battery separators
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:04:47 -0700
  ...After all, the VW engineers saw fit to equip my van with A/C, headlights, radio, various heating and cooling fans, etc... surely the...
• Power/Fuel pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Fri, 2 May 2003 18:20:09 -0700
  ...and i get smoke from the dash looks like one resistor is heating up .. any ideas would be most helpful ===== Dave Vieira Hamilton, Ontario...
• Re: What is under my bench?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:20:45 -0400
  ...The fan switch is to the left of your heating/cooling levers on the dash. The lever on the side truns the heat on...
• Re: air vanagon vs water vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:23:27 -0500
  ...Hence, is the heating ok on diesel? Diesels have excellent heat. They run a hotter (90C) thermostat than the wasserboxers to keep smoke down...
• propane on/off valve source
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:39:11 -0700
  ...Fridge is still not working on propane, just get pilot light, vents heating, but no coolin in reefer. So since I got a fresh...
• '82 Diesel features and price
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:40:59 -0500
  ...Were either of these heating features standard on the diesels? I'm also wondering what it's worth. There's someone on the Yahoo...
• alternative heat for diesel fueled van
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:51:43 -0800
  this is the company i have heating my van very efficient... it lives under the van floor ... cargo door area the plenum comes up...
• Re: A/C trouble... please help
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:55:29 -0800
  ...Corrosion led to heating led to melting... > I replaced it with a big ole fuse. Don't remember tho whether it powers > the main...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:00:11 -0500 (CDT)
  Gery skerbitz asked > > > Can someone tell me exactly what the vents at the bottom of the front > > > doors are for? On Tue, 20 Sep...
• Inside the van propane tanks
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:21:31 -0800
  ...Furthermore the mobile heating units the flame has got to be no more than 18 inches from the propane tank just by the units...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:07:37 -0800
  Hi, I'm not sure there would be enough heat from the oil to do a good job. Using the heater on a cold...
• Re: Another heating/cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:44:37 EST
  Agreed, The coolant pressure gauge readily shows the overnight residual vacuum (~ 1 to 2 inches), air in the system (rate at which pressure rises...
• oxygensensors.com
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:39:31 -0500
  ...The 2 other one (White with plug) are for heating the OS. OK so far so good, if you buy the 2 wire one...
• Re: 85 rotors easy to r&r without press?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:20:23 -0400
  ...Just enough expansion from heating to make pressing unecessary. Let them cool gradually. Gry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Allen" <SPENCERVW@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon...
• stuck shock bolts
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:51:03 -0400
  ...The first took more than four hours of hammering, heating, cheater bars, etc.; the bolt/bracket sleeve combo spun loose from the shock's...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:46:37 +0000
  ...On the flip side, 2000 btu of heating wouldn't be very much. I have a 5800 btu PlatCat in my Westy, and when...
• engine block heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:21:08 -0700
  ...Basically a self adhesive heating pad that runs off 110 household current. Anyone know of other options that will work? For those father north...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sun, 6 May 2012 07:24:21 -0400
  ...Adhesive Sealant > (black) for sealing blah blah blah blah blah blah heating and > ventilation parts blah blah blah blah blah. > > I haven't noticed...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:54:41 -0700
  ...Rarely use them for heating, always aware of them when it gets hot outside and the warm air blows on my poor widdle toesies...
• Re: bought a smoker's car (LVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:47:30 EDT
  ...Any tips on getting > the smell of America's finest tobacco out of one's heating system? I > bought an '88 Subaru wagon for...
• Re: Electric Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Toma Keller
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 18:45:21 -0800
  ...For all of you '91 owners, fuse #20 is a 10amp that is for the dash lights including the gauge cluster heating switches, radio...
• Re: Recirculating heat in '74-'79 camper (update)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 10:27:26 -0500
  ...I'm sort of scared to create a heating imbalance on different sides of the engine... Contact me if you want to know main...
• Weber setup on a '73 bus...
  Historical mailing list - Jose Antonio Madriz
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 20:52:50 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Any hints on this?? I've heard of a device that could be attached to the carburator to provide additional heating... can anyone expand...
• Re: Welding
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:35:00 -0500
  ...The main problems are the heating tends to make the panels warp if they aren't tacked down on the right places. Tacking in...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:19:20 -0700
  ...sure if this is a result or > cause of the compression/heating problem, but it was pinging even under > a medium load. I had...
• Re: Back Pressure in System
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 10:11:16 -0400
  ...is any leak from the head gaskets that would cause over heating. For back pressure in the exhaust remove the O2 sensor and run...
• Re: PCV Valve on Cal 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:17:27 PDT
  ...I kind of suspect my less than optimum performance >is due to this thing, plus a bit of over-heating on the mountains. > >My...
• Re: Heat in Aircooled's
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:25:34 -0800
  ...My Westy has the BA6 aux heater, and this really works great for heating. This really gets the Van warm fast, and keeps it...
• BTU Requirements For Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 13:49:43 -0500
  ...winter and I have determined the following about BTU requirements for heating a parked Vanagon. These numbers are from memory, but they're probably...
• Heating Westy with propane burners
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 23:58:44 -0800
  Ever wonder why your Westy cook stove says not to use it as a heater? I was camping at 7000' in N.M. when...
• Re: tire pressure for BFGs on Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:57:46 -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...
• Subject: Re: Cold-weather camping/propane heater
  Historical mailing list - Scott LeGear
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:17:24 -0700
  ...I'm talking about heating a 35 foot long trailer, of course. Scott From: "M.R. Nimmo" <mrnimmo@YAHOO.COM> Subject: Re: Cold-weather...
• Re: Castrol Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:15:56 -0800
  ...light comes on at start up very faint, but drops after heating. ( hope its not a faulty oil pump ) I've always liked Castrol...
• Leaking Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:42:40 -0600
  ...Currently I am not over heating and the oil usage is minimal as well as loss of coolant. Thanks, Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe...
• Re: HELP! runs good...dies...good..dies?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:34:17 EDT
  ...Nonetheless, you can pull the TEMP II sensor and check it by heating it in a pot of water while you plot its resistance...
• Advice on 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:12:46 -0500
  ...I have a new fuel pump for it that I have yet to install, I thought that maybe the fuel pump was over heating...