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Subject:Re: Dying when warm and smells funky
Date:Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:56:16 EDT

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