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Subject:Re: Diesel Vanagon Questions
From:TJ Hannink
Date:Thu, 5 Jun 2003 05:47:30 -0700

On Fri, 30 May 2003 16:49:35 -0700, Rex Merriweather
<hihorn@DSLEXTREME.COM> wrote:

> Has anyone tried installing AC on a 1.6 diesel
> vanagon? How about with a turbo from a Jetta. Logic
> tells me that the "High Torque" VW diesel engine
> should find it easy to run the AC. With a turbo
> added I could see some cooling issues but, with all
> the heavey duty coolers on the market, why wouldn't
> this work.

There is article on this very subject in the lists
file archive, see the link that follows:
<http://gerry.vanagon.com/files/articles/turbo-diesel-aftermarket-kit-installation-with-ac.txt>

Good luck,

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TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
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