Ron,

It's not a good idea to just connect the two hoses as this will bypass the
radiator and route hot coolant back to the engine. The heater you pulled out
has a flow restrictor to limit the flow through the heater when the valve is
opened. When the valve is closed of course, no coolant flows through this
circuit at all.

I would recommend plugging the two hoses instead of connecting them. Perhaps
you can plug them in the engine compartment and get rid of the hoses under
the rear seat.

Mark McCulley

>From: Ron 'Coyote' Lussier <coyote@MACROMEDIA.COM>
>Reply-To: Ron 'Coyote' Lussier <coyote@MACROMEDIA.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Removing the rear heater
>Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:16:24 -0700
>
>Folks,
>
>I had Fred's Garage remove the rear heater (under the bench in my westy.)
>Whoa!  That thing took up a lot of room!  Suddenly I feel like I have a
>whole new storage space.
>
>Unfortunately, when they removed the heater, they left the connector hoses
>spliced together under the seat.  Since these are now just hanging there,
>and since they get fairly hot, I'd like to get them out of there.
>
>Does anyone know if it's possible to close this loop inside the engine
>compartment?  Ideally, I'd just put a nice tight loop of hose which
>wouldn't
>need to enter the passenger compartment.
>
>Thanks for your advice,
>Coyote
>
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>Ron 'Coyote' Lussier   (     )    \ _/__
>coyote@macromedia.com   \   /      \X  /  1991 Syncro Westy 'Francis'
>1.650.481.4847           \_/         \/             San Francisco, CA

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