Hi all.

BION (believe it or not) I have an actual Vanagon question.

On a 2L AC engine. An idea that's been on my mind.

How crazy is this:

Open up heater boxes,

wind 3/8" or 1/2" soft copper pipe around each exhaust pipe,

assemble/install boxes, (plug hot air outlets)

connect copper coils to create a circuit

install pump, heater core, etc.,

run coolant through to provide interior heat?

Other parts would include an expansion tank, fan etc. Likely the
biggest cost would be the pump.

Hard to answer, but would there be enough heated coolant present in
system to provide any appreciable amount of heat?

Purely hypothetical, though i do have 2 spare heater boxes.......

Likely someone has tried this before, but I am curious.

Pax,

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

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