5/8ths (or was it 3/4ths) heater hose works OK as a temporary fix.  Mine's
been temporarily fixed for about five years now.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [vanagon] finalizing my idle issues

> At 01:24 PM 2/14/2002, wordlarry2002 wrote:
> >QUESTION: DO I DO ANY HARM BY TAPING OFF THE BREATHER TUBE AS I HAVE
> >(SOME WOULD SAY INSTEAD OF RE-CIRCULATING THIS AIR INTO THE ENGINE I
> >AM NOW FORCING IT TO "STAY PUT"......).
>
> You're going to blow your dipstick out of its socket or force oil past the
> engine seals...might run ok temporarily if you leave the tower unsealed
> while you get a hose.
>
> Dennis?
>
> david
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
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> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"