My van did this and I found the thermostat stuck in the open position.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jeff Palmer wrote:

>My van blows cold air when stopped and warm air when moving.  Is this
>related?
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>Thanks
>Jeff
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Cold air always
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>>It's sometimes hard to believe that the Vanagon originated in a country
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>>it has snowed sometime during the past century.  Here's a thought for
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>those
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>>who are freezing their chalubies in the winter until the rear heater
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>starts
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>>cooking.  If you want a front heater which relies on totally recirculating
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>air,
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>>blank off the fresh air intake to the heater box and remove or prop open
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>the
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>>gravity dampers in the heater box.  The fresh air intake can be blanked
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>off at
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>>its opening behind the radiator grille or, if you do not mind pulling the
>>heater box, the fresh air opening in the heater box itself can be sealed
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>off.  In
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>>the earlier vans, the make up air will flow through opened dash vents and
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>cabin
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>>fresh air vents (as long as the cabin air damper in the heater box is in
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>the
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>>opened position) and in the later vans the make up air will flow through
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>the
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>>cabin vents alone.  Perhaps the outlet air vents at the trailing edge of
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>the
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>>rear side windows would also have to be blanked off.
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>>Or, if you're really cold and into that rat rod look, just blank off the
>>fresh air intake, plumb in a spare rear heater box parked between the
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>front seats.
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>>George
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