> ( oh. !...your rear heater....SO MANY VANAGON OWNER'S DON'T KNOW about
> this.....
> It MUST either have the valve under the rear seat at least half on to keep
> coolant circulating, or the rear heater should be disconnected.
> LOTS of vanagons have the rear heater water valve closed, the coolant sits
> in there and rots out the rear heater core. I've got a new one right here in
> stock.....It's not that the rear heater system is so weak, it's not, it's
> that people don't understand how to take care of it, and it's few and far
> between to find a vanagon tech who knows about this, or cares, or will
> explain it to you. I dare say.  )
>
>
I just bled my own system and the Bentley says to open this valve as
well. Well I did not know which way would be open so i thought I wait
until the engine gets hot and then I know. 45 degrees back or 45 degrees
forth, I never felt any warm air coming out of this rear heater on any
valve position. Even though the front heater worked very well. Actually
it always heats regardless what I tell the lever arm in the control
panel to be. Well thats a minor prob but perhaps some of you have an
idea what it might be. i did not yet open the dashboard to see, if it is
simple a mechanical problem.
Sorry Patti to piggyback on your thread. Congrats to you new baby. Don't
be too paranoid if everything is OK.
Cheers
Thomas