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• Re: REAR HEATER VALVE - Understood
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:52:04 -0700
  ...REAR HEATER VALVE - Understood I have received the info from David Beierl that forward is open, back is closed. No more discussion is needed...
• Re: REAR HEATER VALVE - 'Not' Understood (Sorry Zoltan)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:03:11 -0700
  ...REAR HEATER VALVE - 'Not' Understood (Sorry Zoltan) > I am finishing up the Subaru conversion to my syncro this week and > Zoltan's question got...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:38:09 -0400
  ...On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:11 PM, levi hawkins <b1levi@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ford heater valveAvailable at any flaps > I think the...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:09:59 -0700
  ...It looks like it is dripping from the heater control valve. I shut the > valve and that has stopped the drips for now. I...
• Re: Front heater valve replacement procedures?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 15:53:46 -0400
  ...They have proven useful on a front heater valve replacement, rear heater core replacement, and a few other jobs. Well worth the $$$. Tony Anthony...
• Re: Rear Seat Heater Core Control Valve needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:36:07 -0700
  ...Rear Seat Heater Core Control Valve needed > Hi All, > I took apart my rear seat heater to replace the leaking core and this is...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:12:55 +0000
  ...I put an > > additional valve in the heater hose coming from the engine which I shut > off > > in the summer so both heaters stay...
• Go Westy heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:31:49 -0400
  ...GoWesty heater valve--it just works I have been through three aftermarket heater valves in my 83 in the last two years. None of...
• '91 rear heater leak only when heater 'off' - re-send
  Historical mailing list - Pam McIntosh
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:34:57 +0000
  ...when heater is 'off' - yes off, lever to rear, no heat? I'm not sure what exactly is leaking - core or valve or O...
• Re: Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:02:09 -0800
  ...Rear heater core valve o-ring source? > > > Hi- is there a vendor who sells a rear heater core valve > o-ring ? > My heater core...
• Re: Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:58:23 -0800
  ...Rear heater core valve o-ring source? Hi- is there a vendor who sells a rear heater core valve o-ring ? My heater core...
• Re: Turning off rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:54:29 -0500
  ...Next summer, I'll most likely turn > the valves and remove the heater for the season. No air in the lines, no > coolant all...
• Re: Don't Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:03:39 -0500
  > > > George Goff wrote: > >> >> No, it's not a big deal to change the heater control valve as long as >> you >> don't mind jacking...
• Re: Possilbe coolant leak in heater core vicinity
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:57:55 -0700
  Thanks Mark, Yeah, I've swapped out a heater valve before up in there. Not too hard, not fun either... :[ This was on an...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:43:36 -0500
  ...Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve > > > > Why would you do is as part of a dash removal? The heater valve is not > > behind the...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 1 Jul 2021 00:39:30 +0000
  ...I went inside the cabin, dropped the glove box, clamped off the two hoses going down to the heater valve,removed the hoses and...
• Re: Subaru wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:18:14 -0800
  ...KEP says that VW heater controls will not allow the engine's >| cooling system to work properly and that the front and rear heater...
• Re: Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:58:36 -0500
  ...Rear heater core valve o-ring source? Hi- is there a vendor who sells a rear heater core valve o-ring ? My heater core...
• Heater Valves
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:49:09 -0700
  About 8 years ago, I installed a new OEM heater valve. It leaked from "day one". Just recently, installed same type of valve. No...
• GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:03:56 +0000
  I have been through three aftermarket heater valves in my 83 in the last two years. None of them worked well in any way...
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 04:56:27 -0500
  I don't like the idea of stagnant coolant sitting in the heater core for six months, so I leave the valve open year...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 05:23:48 -0700
  First thing is to replace the regular heater valve, which might not be working. Or, put a couple of drops of oil in the...
• busdepot and thepartsbin going nose to nose
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:18:40 -0700
  ...To my surprise the valves cost much less so I ordered the second valve on Tuesday from thepartsbin. The heater cores priced less at...
• Heater valve plumbing
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:57:52 -0400
  Yesterday I installed a regular plumbing valve to the in line to the front heater core. I took the hose into the hardware store...
• Re: rear heater question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:17:55 -0500
  The valve is on the passenger side of the heater. Reach in through the slot and there is a lever. I find that the...
• Rear Seat Heater Core Control Valve needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:45:57 -0400
  Hi All, I took apart my rear seat heater to replace the leaking core and this is what I found. http://picasaweb.google.com...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:22:54 -0400
  The control valve for the front heater is not replaced by removing the dash. You find it up above the spare tire. Still a...
• Worst of all Vanagon Jobs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 13:40:45 -0800
  ...It's very important IMO to have the rear heater valve on at least partially all year long. Keeping fresh coolant circulating through the...
• Re: Leaky front heater valve?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:03:50 -0500
  Shawn, in the last year I've replaced the heater valve on both Vanagons. Once the valve is off, the amount of leaking seemed...
• Re: Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:44:15 -0500
  ...Rear heater core valve o-ring source? Hi- is there a vendor who sells a rear heater core valve o-ring ? My heater core...
• O-ring or gasket between heater core and valve?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 May 1997 17:48:01 -0700
  Hello- I recently replaced the rear heater core in my 87 syncro. When I separated the valve and the core, there was no gasket...
• Re: 84 Vanagon..... brrrrrrrrrrr.....no heat!!
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:08:30 -0500
  Harold, first make sure that the cable to the heater valve is working and valve is operating. If you had heat last winter, you...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:07:34 -0700
  ...Just ordered OEM valve from VW, $60. You get what you pay for. > > I got a NAPA front heater valve two years ago. No...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:43:57 -0600
  ...heater shutoff valves. Tired of > baking my toes when driving, y' see. I may be deluding myself, but Are you closing the heater levers...
• Re: Restrictor on Auxillary Heater
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:16:28 EST
  ...rear heater) should be replaced with the uprated white plastic version and the flow restrictor from the inlet fitting of heater valve should be...
• Rear Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:47:58 -0400
  ...These attach to a small block that has a valve and lever on it. The valve bolts onto the housing for the rear heater...
• Re: front heater valve troubles?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:06:18 -0500
  ...wrote: > > > > 1991 vanagon westy > Hi all, > Summer heat combined with front heater valve not shutting off is causing the > blues here in CA. > Two...
• Re: Almost no front heat but my rear heat is OK... why?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:23:05 -0500
  Heater valve working? Cable slipped? Have someone move the lever at the dash while you verify min/max movement at the valve. Christopher Gronski...
• Re: 85 vanagon heater don't heat
  Historical mailing list - Jesper Johansen
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 19:38:07 -0500
  ...Does the temperature gauge go >up about halfway? > Another possibility is that the hot water valve near the heater may not >be opening because...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:26:27 -0500
  ...Just ordered OEM valve from VW, $60. You get what you pay for. >> >> I got a NAPA front heater valve two years ago. No...
• Re: Heater core valve in front
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:38:58 -0700
  ...I have replaced internally leaking heater valves on many Vanagons, a recently as a few weeks ago. You should be able to blow ZERO...
• Re: rear heater switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:31:55 -0400
  Switch or valve? Valves control fluids and can leak. It is hard to see an electrical leak. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Sum' B*tch - Rear Heater Valve - again2
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:31:28 -0500
  ...Before shutting down at the FLAPS I checked thtat rear heater. The valve was peeing coolant like crazy under the back seat. . I got...
• I Know It's Not Friday
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:13:27 -0500
  ...But replacing the heater valve gave me time to think up the following: Ode to a Heater Valve Replacement I've dabbled in some...
• Re: Front heat always!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 14 May 2008 10:38:12 -0700
  'The Problem' is ..........not very good design on the cable for the heater control valve. To increase heat, they cable Pulls on the valve...
• Re: rear heater
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 20:09:55 -0800
  ...the heater core and valve. The o-ring didn't have much "o" left, cross >| section wise; good reason for leak. The valve seems...
• Re: front heater valve troubles?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:55:51 -0400
  ...and it has a lifetime warranty too! https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-audi-hvac-heater-control-valve-171819809emy Easy to replace, drop the...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:28:44 -0400
  ...I have read of a better (more robust?) heater valve that > fits and works well, although quality German-made OE-style valves seem > to...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:57:52 -0700
  ...Heater valve To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 2:09 PM Might help to pinch off the heater hoses with...
• Re: drip drip rear heater core continued
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Jan 2015 17:43:52 -0800
  ...heater core and the valve. I’m aft rain to tighten the two bolts any more. I am strongly considering purchasing a new valve...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:08:55 -0600
  ...The rear heater os > leaking, and I am wondering if the valve tends to leak, the O ring, the > core? If there is a...
• Re: The heater valve O ring
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:09:54 -0500
  ...Sweet! On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 8:16 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > Yes, > > Rear heater valve, connection to the rear...
• Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:46:56 -0500
  I need to install a summer shutoff valve on the hose to the front heater core. I just cannot get the heat valve to...
• Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 21:36:54 EDT
  ...While "in there" I reached up and closed the heater valve the rest of the way. This maneuvre completely cuts off hot coolant . . . >> So...
• Re: FW: Green coolant hurt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:41:52 -0500
  ...Green coolant hurt engine? Dear Mark, There is no bleeder valve on any Vanagon rear heater! There is only an on/off shutoff valve...
• Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:36:50 -0600
  ...rear heater core. Anyway, the valve, when working properly, completely occludes the coolant flow when turned "off." So my old (original) valve DID need...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:33 -0400
  ...Just ordered OEM valve from VW, $60. You get what you pay for. >>> >>> I got a NAPA front heater valve two years ago. No...
• Re: Newbie question: coolant/anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:56:03 -0700
  ...Usually the temp lever ( # 2 from the top ) has a kinked cable, and your heater valve under the front floor ( people never say what...
• Broken heater control cable
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:34:22 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a sneaky solution to a broken heater valve control cable? It's broken about an inch from the control arm and...
• Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:57:43 -0500
  I finally go that cover off the heater. I couldn't get my saw blade into the slot and would up haveing to unbolt...