Interesting.....I remember back in the 60's when car manufactures
started what they called astro ventilation.  This was to do just as
they stated "necessary to prevent asphyxiation".  So they may
be correct.   The problem though is that there is way to much
air coming in.  I'm sure that my older Vanagon did not have
as much air movement.   On top of that, my  syncro is so rusty
it gets plenty of air into the rust holes.
                                                               Eric

Art Ward wrote:

> Eric
>         I think the air leak may be a "feature," not a bug.  I had all the
> seals in my front air box replaced when the dealer fixed my "heat won't
> turn off" problem last year.  Air still leaks in when underway. They
> said it was designed to do that, and a couple of people on the list
> seemed to agree.
>
>                                         Art
>
> Ps:  The air leak annoyed me. Another thing that annoyed me was the
> attitude the dealer took when I brought it back to him.  He claimed it
> was "necessary to prevent asphyxiation" because the engine was in the
> back.
>
> On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 12:26, vw4x4@fyi.net wrote:
> > Yep,   I have an AC project going on.  Only problem
> > I'm not going to get time until 2004.
> >        Really I started checking in to the AC last year.
> > The biggest problem  I  have is the front fresh air vents
> > leak.  AC feels good, as long as you are sitting stll.
> > So sometime this summer, I'm going to rip out the
> > dash, then replace the clutch pedels linkage, the front
> > heater  fan motor and seal up the air leaks. If this works
> > well, I'm then going to rip down all the overhead crap,
> > for good, and mount the control in my dash like the newer
> > Vanagon have them.   The Camper may have the controls
> > in the dash already.
> >