Gee Wes, the system holds gallons of coolant, the heater core what, a cup
and a half?  I wouldn't worry about it, percentage-wise..........

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 6:03 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I just discovered that my rear heater core has been shut off since I've had
> the van (by the little lever on the side of it).  Since I've had the van,
> I've drained/flushed coolant twice.  But since that heater core was shut, I
> guess that the coolant there is old and nasty.  Any thoughts on whether the
> coolant would have drained out of the core even with that valve shut?
>  Right
> now I'm trying to see if I can just drain out the core by itself.  (I still
> haven't run the van with the valve open.)
>
> This is an 83 1.9l westy.
>
> Thanks very much for any help,
> Wes
>

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