Yes and no. My passenger van is airtight and strangers can hardly close the
door, my Weekender allows air to escape through the poptop in a wheezing
sigh.

On 1/24/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And on the rear window fixed vent issue. I have an 83 Westy with no
> > "vents"
> > in the rear windows. The pop top kind of burps when I close any
> door--that
> > is
> > as  long as all the windows are closed and it's the last door to be
> shut.
> > It
> > is  obviously at least somewhat air tight so the compression of the air
> > when
> > the  last door is shut makes the pop top give ever so slightly, but
> > absolutally
> > noticeably, to release the air--or try to release the air.
> >
> > Is there anywhere for the air to escape on a Westy with the non-vented
> > rear
> > side windows of the earlier style? Is this pop top burp normal?
> >
>
> Even if you have the vents you still run into the "air compression" thing
> closing the last door. I think the vents must have either a springy valve
> flap thing or maybe a small-cell foam "filter", 'cause they don't let air
> out fast enough to keep the door from "bouncing" if you don't shut it hard
> enough. I think this is just the way the Type 2's were made. My mother
> rode
> in my Vanagon for the first time recently and had to try twice to get the
> passenger door shut. She commented that the 1968 Bus she bought new was
> exactly the same. I think it's just the way those Germans made 'em.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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