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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:31 pm    Post subject: Good heat in my 1967 VW. Reply with quote

I have discovered a way to have heat in my 1967 VW. It is such a simple idea I don't know why heat was ever an issue. If you cover up the cold air intake in your house furnace, you will soon feel cold because you don't get any air flow through the system.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you are saying crack the window or vent? I do and hot air blasts in.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are u saying keep your foot on the pedal??
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please explain
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I think you are saying crack the window or vent? I do and hot air blasts in.


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe he removed the pillow from the back of his fan shroud inlet? Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Good heat in my 1967 VW. Reply with quote

mrjim1 wrote:
I have discovered a way to have heat in my 1967 VW. It is such a simple idea I don't know why heat was ever an issue. If you cover up the cold air intake in your house furnace, you will soon feel cold because you don't get any air flow through the system.


Does anyone else detect the effect of mind altering drugs on the above post??????
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am guessing he is in his garage with the car running. Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or the heat was from directing the exhaust directly into the cabin.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Battery powered Carbon Monoxide detectors are available and reasonably priced ...
Buy one today... and save your brain cells.




No air flow is no air flow... makes no difference if you cover the inlet or outlet...

Crack window to let the warm air flow..and the fumes out..

All outlined in the owners manual..

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

VOLKSWAGNUT wrote:
Battery powered Carbon Monoxide detectors are available and reasonably priced ...
Buy one today... and save your brain cells.




No air flow is no air flow... makes no difference if you cover the inlet or outlet...

Crack window to let the warm air flow..and the fumes out..

All outlined in the owners manual..

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excellent advice on the CO detector. I occasionally place my home CO detector in my cars to test for Co leaks in the heater system. I noticed an exhaust smell in my 914 once, used the home Co detector and sure enough it was a very bad high reading. The heat exchanger was cracked, raw exhaust going into the cabin!!!!

Keep in mind that the Co detector may pick up trace amounts of CO in the car simply because of the tail pipe exhaust getting in thru an open door or window if the car is idling, not being driven depending on the wind. when I had the faulty heat exchanger the detector went into full alarm mode, much more than a trace reading.

if you eyes burn when the heater is on, that is a bad sign!!!! Periodic use of the detector is a good idea, test your VW's heater!!!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bluebus86 wrote:

excellent advice on the CO detector.
if you eyes burn when the heater is on, that is a bad sign!!!! Periodic use of the detector is a good idea, test your VW's heater!!!!!



I mainly noted it as nod ...due to the rambling initial topic stater statement.. as it may indicate.. .. an issue...... but yes.. a CO detector in a vehicle to periodically check is not a bad idea either... Laughing

I often wonder... if VW put the note about venting a window for two reasons... Wink

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sometimes the words don't seem clear to the reader--not as clear as the writer intended.

In this case, however, we all knew what the OP was speaking of Wink ,

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just an FYI regardin CO detectors. Our geriatric dog ended up with ringworm which come from spores....so its a fungus kind of skin condition. During the treatment, my wife has been Lysoling the hell out of the house. What we discovered is that Lysol will make our CO detector go up. did some research and there are quite a few things that will show an increase in CO (but there really isnt)

That being said, I would suggest using a non running test as your baseline in case you have something in the car that gives an elevated reading.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes...I agree completely: rolling a window down an inch or so, or cracking a vent window, can hugely improve airflow from the heating system. Did it all the time back in the day - makes a lot of sense really: if you have to crack a window to relieve the air pressure so its easier to close a door, or if the vehicle is airtight to the point where it will float, then there's likely not enough natural air leakage to allow the engine cooling fan to force hot air into the cabin in an efficient manner. As I've mentioned before, I've owned and driven 59, 63, 66 and 68 beetles (none with auxiliary gas-fired heater) back in the 60's through these bitterly cold western Canadian winters (-42C with the windchill today!) and managed to get enough 'natural' heat into them to avoid frostbite for 6 months of the year!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm a student pilot and in the aircraft I fly, the engines and the heating systems are very similar to the Volkswagen design. (The way Volkswagen designed things is awesome, I love it). The aircraft are fitted with cheap, stick on, Carbon Monoxide detectors that have a color changing center when carbon monoxide is detected. They would be great in stale air Volkswagens.
http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/safety-and-surviv...ector.html
http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/safety-and-surviv...ector.html

They cost about $5-$10
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