Heater Ideas WAS Re: blue balls (or soon to be)

[rocco_crossing at hotmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

I have been thinking about this stuff lately too as I love to drive my rocco 
but I don't have heat in it except for my little defroster thing that plugs 
in the cig lighter.

Would it make sense to have just a heater core in the car with a bypass for 
during the summer? This way I can open the bypass in the winter and have a 
heatsource. I don't want to install much of a fan 'cause my defroster thing 
has a fan setting and I can use it. Would that setup work to accomadate for 
more heat in the cab so I don't have to wrap up like I'm in a snowball fight 
just to drive the car?


Peace Out,
Rhett
Rocco_crossing
'83 Rocco (autocross ready, tune up, install harness, and finally I may get 
to makeing it look better!!)





>From: Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>
>To: foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com,"Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>,"Scirocco 
>List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: blue balls (or soon to be)
>Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:16:06 -0700
>
>A few things I've noticed over the years... There is a coupling tube 
>between the hose that comes off the motor and the hose that goes thru the 
>fiewall to the heater core. This coupling is metal and crusts over inside 
>to the point that water can barely pass... Since this is good place to put 
>a T fitting for flushes remove. I'll bet it's going to be rusty and nasty.
>
>Second check the tube at the bottom of the airbox to see that it is clear. 
>The tube exits in the tunnel right behind one of the heat shields and crud 
>can collect there too. If this tube does not allow water to exit the box 
>this can be the source of your sauna.. I usually get a long tube and back 
>fill the box with water and let it drain out until the water is clear... 
>the box is a sealed tup so there is no chance for leaks but don't over 
>fill. Make the connection inside the car near where the passenger's feet 
>would be. There is a small cover over the hose.
>
>-Raffi
>
>
>
>
>At 10:05 AM 10/1/2003, foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com wrote:
>> > you realize that heat only comes from the center vent,
>> > right? just checking...
>>
>>   yeah. though, strangely enough, i had one scirocco briefly
>>that had warm or cold air come out all the vents. my heater
>>controls work fine, also. would, perhaps, a reverse coolant
>>system flush work?
>>
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