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- From: sjohnson@frx193.intel.com (Steve Johnson - IMD ~)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Re: What alternative heat sources are there?
- Keywords: heat, VW
- Message-ID: <C1GyCv.DsM@inews.Intel.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:12:30 GMT
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- Organization: INTEL Corporation, Folsom, CA
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- In article <1993Jan25.161738.63177@cc.usu.edu> you write:
- >
- >I would like heat in my bug, but would like to do away with the problems
- >associated with exhaust heated air. (ie, leaking exhaust, yucky smell
- >with dirty fan, etc...)
- >
- >So, my question is: Is there any alternative heat sources? What and where?
- >
- >--
- >Travis Carter
-
- The best solution, by far, for a bug is to just buy a new set of heat exchangers
- and make sure the engine compartment is correctly sealed and the controls for
- the heater are properly adjusted. The initial investment seems prohibative,
- but I've heard and seen time and time again on this newsgroup of people who
- wished they had decided to do this earlier and are kicking themselves for
- it.
-
- The VW bug heater system works great. You just have to maintain them. These
- bugs/buses are cars that are 10 - 20 -30 years old. How many other cars are
- on the road that long?
-
- The cheapest way is to just fix the existing heating system and don't expect
- the parts to last forever!
-
- There, now I will step down off my soap box. ;)
-
- Steven
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