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> Subaru heater hoses? 1 meter total? Protected from the elements in the
> engine compartment. Vanagon heater hoses? 6 meters total? Hanging out
> in the breeze.
What the heck difference does that make before the thermostat opens up?
Where's the temp sender located on a WBX? I'm saying that the the temp
gauge on MW doesn't even budge for many minutes while the gauge in Mrs
Squirrel's Subaru has climbed up to midrange. Folk -- the issue here is
not the long hoses: what I'm talking about is the early minutes before
the thermostat has opened.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 3/5/2009 8:12 PM Jim Arnott wrote:
> Subaru heater hoses? 1 meter total? Protected from the elements in the
> engine compartment. Vanagon heater hoses? 6 meters total? Hanging out
> in the breeze. Are your heater hoses insulated? If not, this summer,
> get thee some 1" foam pipe insulation, crawl underneath  and insulate
> them. Betcha it'll knock at least a mile off the 'we got heat' distance.
>
> (My diesel takes about 6 miles at highway speed to produce noticeable
> heat. The 1.9 gasser? About 9 miles.)
>
> Jim
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>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
>  > complained:
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>> My wife's Subaru Outback's heater is ready to put out some serious
>> therms in about 3 minutes of drive time. The temp gauge comes up
>> quickly, whereas the temp gauge in ol' Mellow Yellow needs another 5-8
>> minutes of driving in freezing temps to really start to creep upwards
>> and for the heater to start doing anything interesting.
>>
>> I'd like to think that the difference is due to the awesome efficiency
>> of the WBX engine . . . I'd like to think that, but something tells me
>> that a 2006 Subaru engine is a tad more efficient.
>>
>> So, does anyone have any idea why the 1.9L engine is so sluggish
>> compared with the Outback's engine when it comes to making hot water
>> available to the heater core? Mrs Squirrel gripes about how long it
>> takes to get warm air to come out the heater and I'd like to have some
>> highly-technical answer to respond with. You know, baffle them with
>> BS?
>>
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