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On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 14:03, Michael Cecil wrote: > > Hmmm...you are probably right, but it boils me with heat 1 second > after I start the car. I don't know how it could do that in cold > weather without an electric element - I think it would take a moment > for the heat to get going if it was from water cooling exchange. > > Anyhow, my point was that none of my American or Japanese cars have > had gasoline fired heaters like the Eberspacher. Think Corvair. They had gas heaters. Many Semi's use gas or diesel fuel heaters to keep perishable cargos from freezing. A lot of construction equipement uses gas heaters to keep the cabs warm. Large cranes for example. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~