--- "Loren A. Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
<SNIP>
> The engine cooling system in the Wasserboxer is
> marginal enough (seems to have just enough heat
> transfer capability to keep up with the engine)
> without eliminating a lot of surface area that
> is doing at least part of the cooling.

Sorry, I don't agree. I run my van in 95-100F
afternoon heat with the A/C on full blast in stop and
go traffic and the cooling system has no problem
keeping up with the heat of the engine. Sure, the
radiator fan cycles and changes speeds, but that's
what its supposed to do. My coolant gauge never goes
more than one needles width above the LED.

If you're overheating, there is a problem with your
cooling system, not in the design of the system.

Having the insulation on the heater hose shouldn't
have any impact in the summer anyway, because the
heater valve would most likely be closed and there
wouldn't be any coolant flow through the heater hoses.

Thanks,

=====
Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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