I wrapped the heater hoses with pipe insulation wrap from Home Depot and
added a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator- be careful not to
completely block or you will overheat.
Not spectacular results but the van is warmer this winter.
Hope this helps
GerryR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?

> One thing I have noticed under the Vanagon, and this will certainly affect
the
> heater performance, the water lines for the heater are totally exposed to
the
> elements, under the van/truck, that the cold air will cool the water
inside
> the hoses. I have thought of insulating the hoses on my Syncro, so less
heat
> will radiate off the hoses, and more will radiate off in the heater core.
>
> PerL
> 87 Syncro 112i
>
>
> David Marshall wrote:
>
> > With the temps hanging around -25C my Double Cab never really warms up
to
> > where I would like to see it - warmish air only comes out of the vents.
> > The coolant temp is right where it should be as well as the oil temp.
Is
> > there a posibility that the outside air is just too cold for the heater
> > core to warm up fast enough?  Should I put a piece of card board in
front
> > of the heater intake so there is more warmer air from the rad being
sucked
> > in?  Is there a piece of my heater "flap" system that isn't working
right?
> >
> > --   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
> > --    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
> > --       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
> > -- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
> > -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
> > -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
>