Me too,  And having read several posts on this over the last year, I
fear that it is a cracked heater core or a cracked valve.  If we're
lucky, it is just a hose that needs tightening.  Next warm day I'll
go pull the heater, put in a 'U' joint till I get the heater looked
at.   Malcolm S, 91 syncro westy, Halifax

>   Two weeks ago I went to my VW dealer and made them changed my
>   coolant, since then, when I start the rear heater it smell coolant
>   (it doesn�t smell that when I start the front heater).  I have to
>   say that I did not start it for long time before that because it
>   was summer but now it start to be cold in Quebec.  Is anybody has
>   an idea of what can it be?
>
>   Thanks,   Gilles Gallant   1990 Westy   Montreal, Quebec