It's probably the leftover parts from air-conditioning that the previous
owner removed. The condensor unit is normally mounted up front behind the
grille.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Garrett [SMTP:SGarrett@MI.STATE.AZ.US]
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 1:21 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Radiator hoses in air cooled?
>
> In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger)
> behind the front grill. I traced the hoses back to the engine compartment
> where the have fittings that are taped over with electrical tape. What is
> going on, did some one try to put a water-cooled engine in this?
>
> Sean