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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...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:34:43 -0700
  ...to the top of the oil filter, the > oil/coolant heat exchanger deal. �It brought my oil temp down by about > 35degrees on the...
• 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...
• Re: Comments on the Oil Cooler Upgrade Issue
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:41:37 EST
  In a message dated 11/19/05 6:09:01 AM, kdlewis_wating_time@allvantage.com writes: > So you think the heat exchanger is...
• 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...
• Boston Engine 15k update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:16:34 -0500
  Ken Lewis wrote I have heard the 2.1L oil-to-water heat exchanger can not be used with the 1.9L exhaust. Hence...
• Re: Shower for vanagon westfalia ???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 01:29:05 EDT
  ...It uses a heat exchanger and its own pump to tap into the coolant line to heat the water for a nice warm shower...
• Re: oil cooler for I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:06:15 -0500
  Why not use a vw oil/coolant heat exchanger? These sandwich between the filter and the case. Used on waterboxers and GTI/16V, etc...
• Re: heater boxes
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:33:33 EDT
  ...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: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:04:28 EST
  I would take it that James Brill's 71 made-in-November van was made in 11/70. The higher-priced heater boxes in...
• Re: Removing front heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:34:19 EST
  In a message dated 1/15/06 2:49:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > I just moved from Austin, Texas...
• Re: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Oct 1994 08:56:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Sure would be a load off my checkbook to get the cheaper exchangers. That must be it. Thanks for clearing things up. -- James A...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:27:26 -0700
  geez Don, so the VW engineers were not just blowing smoke after all? :) Added benefit of the exchanger/cooler is faster oil warm up...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:59:11 -0400
  ...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more > > > > > An Aside:. This morning, after two days of flushing the coolant > > system, the expansion tank again has a thick...
• 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: [T2] Re: Empi vs. Bugpack merged aftermarket exhaust for 77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:50:10 -0800
  ...Courtney has a '77, however, > which takes a triangular rather than trapezoidal flange at the heat > exchangers. Using this system on a '75-78...
• 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...
• Re: 72-74 exhaust on an 80-83 bus
  Historical mailing list - George A Lehman
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 19:33:41 -0600
  The entire exhaust from the back of the heat exchangers will fit .... but not legally as there is no cat. converter or gas recirculation...
• Removing front heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Kreuzer
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:30:14 -0600
  ...I don't want to spend the time or money on replacing hoses and the exchanger to ensure the refresh is complete. 2. It...
• Re: Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:27:30 -0500
  ...Without the air the sheet metal outer boxes burn up and the exchanger core can crack. Dennis Sent from my Windows Phone -----Original Message...
• 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...
• Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 15:02:57 -0500 (CDT)
  I have a question about the heat exchangers on a '71 bus. I don't plan on buying them from JCWhitney but I was...
• Need aircooled part ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:13:17 -0400
  I am looking for the part called a "distributor" 070 256 061A that goes into the alternator cover and hooks into the heat exchanger...
• Re: Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:24:29 -0500
  ...And, having one heat exchanger flap open to bring hot air to cabin, and blocking the other, may cause an cooling imbalance in engine...
• Re: [ was Winter heating - now new Coleman heater]
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:04:41 -0500
  ...This is why the furnace people go to great expense (passed on to you) to make a heat exchanger with a blower, etc. We...
• Re: Ultimate Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:57:46 -0500
  ...Remove hose clamps from coolant >lines > > at the oil cooler/heat exchanger. Take coolant lines off of stock oil > > cooler/heat exchanger. Put new...
• Rear Heat Exchanger
  Historical mailing list - William David Abeyta
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:25:51 -0800
  Hi Fellow Vanagoneers; I'm brand new to the list, and my first request for help concerns my "Rear Heat Exchanger". I had replaced...
• Re: Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:43:34 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, there's essentially NO slack in those coolant hoses, and getting the heat exchanger off and back on the hoses is a bit...
• Re: Needed Parts..
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
  21 Jul 1995 06:04:06 GMT
  ...There is one guy from Annapolis that seems to always be selling something. >> I don't know how important these heat exchangers are to...
• Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:17:43 -0700
  ...There are plenty of posts about leaking oil filter heat exchangers on the various VW forums. I am a 'simpler is better' fellow. Simpler...
• 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: Oil *Smell*?, paint restoration/preservation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:03:58 -0400
  ...Once it gets into the heat exchanger, it gets on hot fins of the exhaust pipe and bakes right off into the air you...
• Coolant filter ??
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:00:11 -0800
  ...I'm going to hook the coolant filter into the coolant loop that goes to the rear heat exchanger under the back seat. For...
• Rear Heat Exchanger
  Historical mailing list - William David Abeyta
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:04:07 -0800
  Hi Fellow Vanagoneers; I'm brand new to the list, and my first request for help concerns my "Rear Heat Exchanger". I had replaced...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:14:15 -0400
  ...more sence to me, and it would preserve the stock heat > exchangers function to help warm up the engine when cold. > > However I wonder...
• 79 Bus parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Jun 1996 23:48:46 -0500 (EST)
  I am selling 2 major things at the moment: -79 heat exchangers in great condition -complete 79 exhaust system in good condition-not like...
• Re: Warning - Avoid Fiberglass Wrapping Air Cooled Headers
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:11:23 -0500
  ...That work > included wrapping the exposed header pipe that runs from the heads to the > heat exchanger cover. I see this sort of wrapping...
• Re: Heat Exchanger repair
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:20:26 -0700
  ...heat in the Campmobile is something of the Lost Grail... >Howdy, > >While working on my 78 westie I noticed that the heat exchanger tin...
• Re: Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:07:14 -0500
  ...It seems to be > relatively straight forward, remove the oil filter, remove the nut on the > oil pipe, lower the exchanger and replace the...
• problem with add. heat wxchanger
  Historical mailing list - Ivicz_vanagon
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:43:37 +0100
  Hi, on my watercooled Caravelle (1989, 2.1) the additional heat exchanger doesn't work. I found a valve on it, in the water...
• 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...
• 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...
• intermittent blower squeak
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:26:47 -0700
  The fans on both my rear heat exchanger and front heater intermittently squeak. This seems to vary by the how long they have been...
• Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:45:33 -1000
  ...air-cooling the engine coolant flowing through the oil cooler/heat exchanger gizmo. Not the most elegant and clean approach let's say. Obviously...
• 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: Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 30 May 2000 12:50:53 EDT
  ...That is until I had to replace the heat exchanger, and the new exchanger was off by 1/2" from the old one. Of...
• 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...
• Leaking Heat Exchr Core
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:47:10 -0800
  I just discovered that the core in my rear heat exchanger is leaking. Of course, I don't recall whether it is repairable or...
• re: vanagon crossover pipe
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 17:46:12 -0400
  my brother purchased an aftermarket exhaust system from the heat exchangers back for his 82 (non-ca model) cause his crossover pipe was shot...
• Re: Maple Syrup?
  Historical mailing list - Jesse T Walz
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:39:57 -0400
  ...Maple Syrup? > > > Last winter the smell of maple syrup from the rear heater was getting > worse, > > so I replaced the rear heat exchanger. It...
• 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...
• 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: Removing front heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:24:09 -0800
  ...Removing front heat exchanger >Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:34:19 EST > >In a message dated 1/15/06 2:49:11 PM...
• '80 ac vangon exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:37:34 -0500
  ...I'm assuming from the picture that is bolts directly to the exchangers - no need for the 'J' pipe. TIA jamie '80 ac vanagon...
• Radiator hoses in air cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:20:35 -0700
  In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger) behind the front grill. I traced the hoses back to the engine...
• Exhaust question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:09:16 -0500
  ...Is there any kind of gasket or seal that I need to put between the heat exchangers and the exhaust? Thanks a bunch, Chris...
• oil cooler replacement pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:05:43 -0700
  If you have ever wondered what the inside of the stock oil-water heat exchanger/cooler/whatever looks like, wonder no more. I cut...
• Re: Shower in a Westy- See this..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 03:34:38 EDT
  ...With a second line running off the exchanger you could plumb a hot water line to the sink or just keep the shower hose...
• Hot Water Systems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 07:56:33 -0700
  ...The heat exchanger could be plumbed in the water line form the tank, the original faucet replace ... maybe even with one of those cool...
• Re: Auto tranny from an Audi, possible 5 cyl. engine donor?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:02:33 -0500
  Rabbits and golf usually didn't have the additional heat exchanger. The Audis do. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...