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Subject:Re: rear heater location (was Battery placement alternatives)
From:Annie
Date:Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:09:23 -0700

>
> At the risk of sounding like my usual self, one of the first things you
> need to do this weekend is buy a Bentley manual. Seriously, you will be
> needing it if you plan on keeping the van.

I do have a Bentley. ;-) It's so full of stuff, it's hard to discern
everything from it. Sometimes I just need a little "real world knowledge"
from the list to make sense out of it.

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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> rear heater can leak from:
>
> -hose connections to heater - there are "Ts" that split off from main
> heater lines that run from engine up to front of van. These Ts are under the
> van, at a location corresponding approx. just in front of right rear wheel,
> scrooch under van and have a look
> -leaky hose itself (rare)
> -bleeding screw on heater valve leaking (has an o ring in it)
> -leaking between valve body and core (again an O, or square section ring
> involved)
> -core itself leaking
>
>
> At the risk of sounding like my usual self, one of the first things you
> need to do this weekend is buy a Bentley manual. Seriously, you will be
> needing it if you plan on keeping the van.
>
> alistair
>
>
>
> On 1-Oct-10, at 8:15 AM, Annie wrote:
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>