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Re: Make your own shower ideas AGAIN
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:46:46 -0500
...heat exchanger), position two sends the heated water >to the shower head. > >Might work but I imagine a water to water heat exchanger would...
Recirculating heat in '74-'79 camper
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Fri, 1 Dec 95 19:24:55 EST
...though one heat exchanger into the other then into the car. I'm willing to bet that you will experince better heat even though...
Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:27:12 -0600
...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more This style of heat exchange is common in many engines these days. I had heard that they are to...
Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:27:38 -0700
...lines to the top of the oil filter, the > oil/coolant heat exchanger deal. It brought my oil temp down by about > 35degrees on...
Re: Heat Exchangers replaced by VWoA
Historical mailing list - Gary Mceachern
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:14:47 -0400
...Tomorrow my heat exchangers are scheduled to be replaced by a fellow by the name of Nick who is coming to my neck of...
aircooled part needed.
Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
Sun, 14 May 2000 06:03:15 -0400
List members, Looking for a piece of the heat exchanger ducting off a 2 liter air cooled. I need the metal pipe on the...
RE: Inline Heaters
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Fri, 13 Jan 1995 16:27:41 EST
...or off, then split it to send it to the two heat exchangers. Regarding drawing air from inside, my Vanagon has a fan that...
Re: Removing front heat exchanger
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:28:51 -0500
...Removing front heat exchanger Looking for feedback... thanks group. I'm in the process of planning an entire fresh of the mechanicals of my...
Aircooled Rear Heater Hose Assembly
Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:36:30 -0000
...The rest of the system is still intact & I have new heat exchangers etc.. Thanks in advance Phil T25 with no heat !! [text/html]
Re: Backwards Flow Through Heat Exchanger OK?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:33:55 -0600
...Backwards Flow Through Heat Exchanger OK? Is the heat exchanger in the heater box indifferent to which hose is hooked up in the forward...
Re: [Q] Bypassing Rear Seat Heat Exchanger
Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:04:01 +0100
The heater core is available in the UK for about �30 which would be about US $50. It is for the VW Polo. Lionel...
Re: rear heater leaking coolant?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:05:37 CST
...Carpet wet by rear seat - heat exchanger bleeder screw broken The plastic bleeder screw for the rear heat exchanger may be broken due to...
Re: camper heating
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:25:14 -0700
...Don't think you're goin to get that much from > heat exchanger on exhaust. > Al Brase > > tmiller wrote: > >> Maybe you can hang a...
Re: (long) EVERYTHING you want to know about heat, was Porsche 6 cyl heating van
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:53:43 -0800
...To make the heat exchanger you could start with a long glasspack muffler and weld a tube around the muffler to create a water...
Re: Heat exchanger for hot showers
Historical mailing list - neil
Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:43:25 -0700
...I came across this link for a heat exchanger that uses the engines coolant to heat water--see: http://www.hotcampshowers.com/new51788.html...
Re: Oil Temperature??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:44:51 -0400
...is that stock oil cooler/heat exchanger get the heat from the coolant or cooling the oil via the coolant?
Warning - Avoid Fiberglass Wrapping Air Cooled Headers
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:57:11 -0500
...I also had hopes of warmer cabin heat since more heat would be transferred into the heat exchangers and I had hopes of cooler...
80 vanagon heat duct
Historical mailing list - Peter Ruggiero
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:13:19 -0800 (PST)
...I am missing the heat ducting elbow that extends from the heater blower down thru the sheet metal fitting into the right heat exchanger...
Heat exchanger for hot showers
Historical mailing list - Troy
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:03:26 -0800
...Doing a Google search for a heat exchanger produces a number of them. As I mentioned in a previous post, some of the criteria...
Re: Oil mist/ leak on rear hatch and back of motor
Historical mailing list - Mike Conlon
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:00:48 -0800
...Then he said convincingly: "It's the seal inside/underneath the heat exchanger. Pull off the oil filter and then pull off that water...
Re: cost of heat exchangers
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Thu, 11 Aug 94 11:24:19 PDT
Sami Dakhlia writes: > > Just a few days ago someone wanted to know if there is a difference among > the various heat exchangers which sell...
Re: 1979 heater boxes
Historical mailing list
Wed, 1 Mar 1995 16:25:50 -0400
...I'm not sure about the heat exchangers being as widely swappable, is your supplier willing to let you try one set for fit...
Re: [ was Winter heating - now new Coleman heater]
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:04:41 -0500
...We'll stick with the $15 110VAC space heater. -Karl (MSChE with specialty in heat exchanger design) Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87...
Re: Backwards Flow Through Heat Exchanger OK?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:23:01 -0500
...Backwards Flow Through Heat Exchanger OK? > > Is the heat exchanger in the heater box indifferent to which hose is hooked > up in the forward...
Re: heater boxes
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:06:35 -0700
...The Vanagon heater boxes will only fit '80-'83 > Vanagons and Bus heat exchangers will only fit Buses up to '78. The > differences are...
Re: Stinky Heat
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Tue, 14 May 2002 17:17:23 -0400
...My best guess is that its an oil leak that is dripping onto the heat exchangers Find the leak and fix your problem. Thanks...
Re: Hot water system thoughts
Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:07:17 EST
...Specialty Products that taps into a heater line > and heats the water as it passes thru an exchanger.... Michael, That is a great system...
Re: Fridge's heat exchanger fell off!
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:56:08 -0600
...the first time > in a long time and noticed that the heat exchanger > (the finned aluminum thing) has fallen off of the > cooling tube...
Re: Heater Core coolant direction. 1st response was blocked.
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:21:22 -0500
I believe Dennis intended to say: "you want the coolant entering the heat exchanger on the side the air is leaving". Larry A. On...
Diesel Assembly Confusion.
Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:46:32 -0700
...There is a heat exchanger between the oil filter mount and the filter. Q: What exactly does this exchanger do? This metal box has...
Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:21:16 EST
Todd; Why not add a oil to water heat exchanger like the one on the digifant system i.e. the box sandwiched between the...
Re: 2 buses and other VWs for sale or trade
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 06:58:05 -0500
...heat exchanger on the passenger side (connects 2 perpendicular ovals) -I am missing the flexible ductwork on the driver side from the heat exchanger...
Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:52:30 +0000
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Re: Rear Heater core leaking (help)!
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:14:53 CDT
...Carpet wet by rear seat - heat exchanger bleeder screw broken The plastic bleeder screw for the rear heat exchanger may be broken due to...
[Q] Bypassing Rear Seat Heat Exchanger
Historical mailing list - Jeff W. Bourdeau
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:48:10 EST
The rear seat heat exchanger on my 89 westy is leaking. I have not priced a new one but I suspect that it may...
hydralic valves & push rod tubes
Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:37:13 EST
...any way to clean out the heat exchangers w/o removing or is this wishful thinking? heat exchangers seem complete and not rusty. thanks...
air cooled heat smells funky
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:47:00 -0400
A few years ago when I had the exhaust off of my ac engine I cleaned out the heat exchangers and had fairly clean...
Re: Rear Heat Exchanger
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 08:24:30 -0500
...Rear Heat Exchanger Hi Fellow Vanagoneers; I'm brand new to the list, and my first request for help concerns my "Rear Heat Exchanger...
Re: heater question (bad interior smells)
Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:12:54 -0500
The heat exchanger probably rusted through. Very common with air cooled engines. I think the heat exchanger takes heat from the exhaust via radiator...
Re: Physics phun
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:27:30 -0500
...left heat > exchanger. > > - I don't want to block all of it, because that would lower the > effectiveness of the working exchanger, on the...
Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
Historical mailing list - ed
Tue, 16 May 2000 21:50:14 -0400
...Some folks have apparently used an oil-water heat exchanger to drive the stock system. Good idea, but the oil temp in my own...
RE: Heat exchangers
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:04:28 EST
...The higher-priced heater boxes in JCWitless are for the Type 4 engines, commencing with 8/71 manufacture for the 1972 model year. B.
Re: P4 vs. stove (was Re: For Carver P4 owners: P4 performance questions)
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:42:52 -0500
If the P4 is a typical vented heater with heat exchanger and the rating is on the burner, there's your answer: the rating...
Re: Heat exchangers
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Thu, 20 Oct 94 16:12:41 CDT
On Thu, 20 Oct 94 15:03:59 CDT James Brill said: >I have a question about the heat exchangers on a '71 bus...
Re: Heat exchanger flapper
Historical mailing list - Beth Young
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 17:43:47 -0800 (PST)
...back of the > van) that connects the flexible duct to the heat exchanger was gone, > [snip] > But anyway, does anyone have this have one...
Re: Comments on the Oil Cooler Upgrade Issue
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:06:06 EST
...As far as cooling the oil with coolant, there will be no measurable change in reversing the direction of coolant through the heat exchanger...
Re: auxillary heat
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:08:17 -0600
...You mentioned heat exchangers so I'm thinking that you have an early air cooled vehicle?? This would be a more difficult heat addition...
80 vanagon heat duct
Historical mailing list
Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:51:54 -0700
...I am missing the heat ducting elbow that extends from the heater >blower down thru the sheet metal fitting into the right heat exchanger...
Re: Ultimate Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:31:47 -0400
...Remove hose clamps from coolant lines > at the oil cooler/heat exchanger. Take coolant lines off of stock oil > cooler/heat exchanger. Put new...
update - bus exhaust
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 14:35:54 -0400 (EDT)
...For me, my bus has a set of wrong-year heat exchangers (either 72-74 or 79, probably 79). My bus (77, not 78...
Re: fixing old heat exchangers
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 Nov 1995 18:06:11 -0600
Hey now, This thread got me to thinkin' bout the bad exchangers I pulled when I put on the Jtubes. Anybody ever taken these...
One-piece exhaust for '78 Transporter?
Historical mailing list - Jay Goldberg
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:31:00 -0500
...It handles everything rear of the heat exchangers. I need to replace most of the equipment rear of my heat exchangers, so I was...
Re: camper heating
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:46:14 -0700
...Don't think you're goin to get that much from >> heat exchanger on exhaust. >> Al Brase >> >> tmiller wrote: >> >>> Maybe you can hang a...
Re: What is a Westy Weekender?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 8 Nov 1996 13:18:14 -0800
...There is this little heat exchanger type thing under the back set and to the left of the water driven rear heater (left is...
Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:35:58 +0000
I never had a bug heat exchanger rust (living in California) but I had experienced turning the car into a steamy sauna by driving...
Re: hot water heater
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:06:53 -0400
How about an automatic transmission heat exchanger? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Federici" <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, October 24...
Re: heater leak?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:12:34 -0300
...Carol wrote: > The heat exchanger under the rear bench seat in my '89 Westfalia emits > heat even eith the valve turned off. Is this...
Re: Physics phun
Historical mailing list - Mike
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:24:29 -0500
...You may find there's enough heat in cabin by leaving both heat exchanger flaps open. Neil. On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11...
Re: ATF down, coolant up and over... radiator?
Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:18:01 EDT
...On the front of your auto tranny is a small ovalish heat exchanger with two hoses attached to this. I'd bet dollars to...
Re: Heat exchanger wanted, 79-83, 49 state version
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 13 May 2002 20:27:19 -0500
...writes: > Subject says it all- friend needs the above, good used heat > exchanger for his 81 Westy. Much Aloha- > > Shawn > -- > Volkswagen camper rentals in...