Carol Sussman wrote:

>The heat exchanger under the rear bench seat in my '89 Westfalia emits heat
>even eith the valve turned off. Is this normal or should I be looking for a
>bad gasket/valve?
Check that the leak is coming from the core and not the valve/hose
connection before you replace the core.  I replaced the O-ring (against
the advice of my FLAPS, which wanted to sell me a whole new core) and
solved the problem for $1.

-Steve Hoge
'89 Syncro
'89 Syncro Westy Woemobile (for sale!)