I would agree with ken here, don't get a used rear heater core. I too had
my rear heater core replaced free of charge by VWoA, on a 90k+ 2nd owner
van. Call VW of America at (800) 822-8987 and tell them your problem. The
phone call is free so its worth a shot. By the way, a week after having the
core replaced, the valve started leaking and they would not replace/fix
this. If you can see some white crust on the core then that is likely the
culprit. If the valve is leaking you should be able to see the leak.

Good luck
Pat

yea though he walked through the valley of the shadow of death, At 05:51 PM
12/17/97 -0500, Ken wrote:
>I wouldn't think that it would be worth getting a used one since they tend to
>leak and a used one will probably leak in a short time.  One guy said the
>other day that he got his replaced for free when he told his local VW dealer
>about it.  Even though he was the third owner and the van had 160k miles.
>It's worth a shot.
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16

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Patrick L. Larsen
Water Center/Environmental Programs
University of Nebraska
http://www.uvm.edu/~plarsen/pat.html
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