You should always have some air flow through the dash.  Check to make sure
that the heater valve is adjusted correctly to prevent water flow through
the core.  There will be air flow, but it will be ambient temperature.  This
seems to be a common problem.

Mike Snow
Camp Pendleton, California
1982 Westfalia 1.6TD
1983 ASI 1.6D

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Tim Wise
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Hot air from the dash?

My van seems to leak a lot of hot air out of the dash heater. It can
give you quite a hot foot if you're driving barefoot.

I'm thinking I need to check the heater for leaks. I tried to remove the
plastic face plate below the dash, behind the stick shift. The left side
slides off but the right is holding fast. Don't see any screw or latch.

Anybody know if the face plate should slide off easily? Do all vans leak
like this? Anybody ever install a bypass to keep the hot water from the
heater? I live in Texas and really don't need any extra heat ;)

Thanks.
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Tim Wise
'87 WWW