Based on my mixed experience with the front and rear heaters (remember, I’m an experiment of one … actually, two heaters) it was the flow/shutoff valve on the heater that leaked.

> On 05-Jul-2016, at 21:43, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Vincent, I'm glad you are having a great trip.
> 
> Yes, Montana is awesome, and the Beartooth is the "most awsomeest of all."
> Nothing I've seen anywhere beats the Beartooth for sheer beauty, and a
> feeling of being way above and away from civilization.
> 
> Regarding those clamps:  I believe you'll find a consensus of the pros and
> other experts on here (I am neither) that the spring clamps are much, much
> better than screw clamps.  Screw clamps tend to cut the hose, and they
> loosen over time as the hose responds to temperature changes.  The spring
> clamps have smooth edges and do not cut, and they maintain tension.  And
> though I am not expert, I have had experience with the screw clamps causing
> a problem.
> 
> I'd think something else, not the spring clamps, was responsible for your
> leak.
> 
> mcneely
> 
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everybody,
>> Been thinking about the vanagon family. We're on our way back east, and the
>> van is doing great.
>> 
>> L.A. to Reno
>> Reno to Nephi UT
>> Nephi to
>> 
>> The only thing was a pool of coolant on the passenger-side floormat this
>> morning. I had actually used the heater yesterday - it gets cold on
>> Beartooth Pass in Montana - really cold.
>> Anyway, my heater hoses are attached with those cheesy spring-type hose
>> clamps. I was able to slide it back, and put a regular screw type hose
>> clamp on. I did that in a restaurant parking lot at 10,000' above sea
>> level.
>> 
>> Montana is amazing. I've never seen country like this, and I grew up in
>> Tahoe.
>> 
>> I get a check-engine light when I'm downhilling in gear. I know this is
>> somehow related to the speed sensor and my 1994 subaru 2.2. And then
>> sometimes I get a random CEL, just when I pull off a highway and drive in
>> slow traffic. The CEL is accompanied by a change in idle, choppy sounding
>> like a 2 cylinder engine. Then it gores away.
>> 
>> It's great to be in a vanagon! These are the best camping trips and miles
>> of road I've ever done.
>> Stay safe, and have fun everyone. See ya on the highway!
>> vinnie
>>