[T3] Interior Heat with aftermarket exhaust system

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Mon Dec 31 12:52:26 PST 2012


I like this idea for defrost more than anything else.

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 30 Dec 2012 at 11:26, Brion Sabbatino wrote:
>
> > As far as temperature, it seems to provide a constant flow of warm
> > air. It is never hot like on other VWs. Is that how it should operate,
> > providing a constant temperature?
>
> Without the rear heat exchangers, it may not be getting hot enough to
> even open up the mixer box thermostats. If that's the case, you'll be
> getting less total airflow, and cooler air as well. But that's
> probably as good as it's going to get with the setup you have.
>
> If you shut off the rear footwell openings (left heater lever) then
> you'll get more to the front, but you probably knew that already. If
> there's rot in the rocker panels, you'll also lose lots of heat
> there.
>
> These systems gave LOTs of heat when they were new and complete, but
> there are lots of things that will cause this to decline over time.
>
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