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Subject:Re: Repairing Front Heater Core
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:32:03 -0500

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, westydriver wrote:

> a cheap but highly unrecommended by vw is to use a radiator stop leak
> solution.  i have heard of the stuff causing problems in vanagon
> cooling systems.

It tends to drastically reduce the amount of heat you get, too, by
narrowing the passages in the core.

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