While in other vehicles it would be a matter of random event,
Vanagon heater core(especialy rear one) failure is very
predictable event. In fact whole heater system even being 15-18 years old
designed as if it was 50 years old...
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

1/3/02 6:52:49 PM, Data Services <dataservices@MEDIAONE.NET> wrote:

>Heater fan and core malfunctions are not all that uncommon in many vehicles,
>especially older ones.  When the newest possible Vanagon is 11 yrs old and
>probably more like 15-18 yrs old, does this seem all that unusual?   Where
>the listee problems seem to be are in this later age group.
>The reason the Vanagon fan sticks out in ones mind is the same reason Any
>PITA job is remembered,  because it is a PITA!!
>
>Dave B
>83 Tiico Westy
>83 WBX Westy
>59 SO4 Westy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:54 PM
>Subject: Re: Two problems . . . (heater fan)
>
>
>> >In a message dated 1/2/02 7:23:48 PM,
>andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ
>> >writes:
>> >
>> ><< The ONLY car I've heard of the heater fan failing in is the Vanagon >>
>> >
>> >Andrew,
>> >
>> >You must have lived a sheltered life.  Come to the land where men are
>still
>> >men enough to face the pain-in-the-ass of a heater blower failing in the
>> >midst of a raging blizzard and you will find various hunks of useless
>copper
>> >windings littering the landscape.  I have seen the good, a Chevrolet
>which
>> >merely involves popping the hood (i.e., bonnet) and all of 10 minutes
>later a
>> >new blower motor is in place; the bad, a Vanagon, of course; and the
>truly
>> >ugly, a Volvo 240 which can take 8 hours of the most tortured contortions
>> >imaginable, even for an experienced hand.  I have heard tell of men who
>have
>> >sold their 240's when confronted with a dealer's estimated cost to
>replace a
>> >heater blower motor.
>> >
>> >Rich
>>
>> Aha! A bell rings! Maybe the Caravelle and Volvo 740 used in the
>> famed head-on test images both had blown fan motors?
>>
>> Andrew
>
>