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Subject:Re: Dying when warm and smells funky
From:Todd Last
Date:Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:04:12 +0000

For even more fun turn the heater on full, then drive through some deep puddles on a deserted road with no traffic.

You might call this a "drive-though steam cleaning"

Todd
'88 westy

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> 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