re
The only time I use the front blower is for defrost if I need it done
> before I start driving.

if you're idling long enough for the defroster to work on a cold morning, I
think that's very rough on the engine, running cold no-load like that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: rear heater, was 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed

> Rob, I don't know where "out here" is, but in my neck o' the prairie, it
> gets down to around 0 F on occasion, and regularly to around 10 F in
> winter.
>
> I found the rear heater to be more a space hog than a help with interior
> temperature.  Like I said, I dress warmly in winter.  DMc
>
> ---- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> I use my rear heater every winter, out here it gets down to the low
>> 20's on occasion and the rear heater is great! By the time I've gone
>> 4 miles the rear heater has warmed up the whole van.
>> The only time I use the front blower is for defrost if I need it done
>> before I start driving.
>>
>> Rob
>> becida@comcast.net
>>
>> At  8/28/2010 03:32 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>> >---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>> >
>> > > there are several things in vanagons that some vanagon owners don't
>> > > know
>> > > about.
>> > > the oil filler extension is one.
>> > > rear heater valve is another.
>> >
>> >Well, I know about the rear heater valve in mine -- or more
>> >accurately, I know that there isn't one -- rear heater that is.  I
>> >took it out, and ran the coolant hoses right past it, though I did
>> >use barbs so that a future owner, if any, would be set up to refit
>> >the heater.  I guess If I camped in brutal winter conditions, I'd
>> >want heat back there going and coming, but heat up front is enough
>> >for me -- I dress warmly in winter, anyway.
>> >
>> >DMc
>
> --
> David McNeely