I've heard this before, but in this case the boxes are dry, and since they
are sealed how would oil get in anyway? There's a lot to these rigs that
seems so illogical. For instance, if the hot air system is pressurized by
the fan, how would the hot oil smell get inside the ductwork? The fresh air
intake is outside the vehicle. I'm tempted to take everything apart and find
out what is going on.
Do I sound naive? :)

Nathaniel

On 10/16/06 12:56 AM, "JordanVw@AOL.COM" <JordanVw@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 10/15/06 6:26:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> npoole@TELUS.NET writes:
>
>
>> Also, when the heat is turned on the hot air smells like old engine. Is
>> this
>> just how these things work and you get used to it?
>
> yep.  every aircooled vw i'v ever owned you just get used to the funky oil
> smell when your run the heat...  only way out of that problem is to completely
> degrease the heaterboxes or replace them.
>
> chris
>
> chris