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On 6 Oct 2005 at 9:17, Ben Mungkornpanich wrote: > Ok, so it's starting to cool down in Texas and I gave my heater its first > try. I got my '69 squareback only a couple of months ago so I haven't need > heat. Well it hooked up and when I pulled the levers I get alot of > exhaust/engine smell. Is this normal or do I need to look into > something...cuz right now I think I'll die or passout and then die from my > heater ;-) The most common cause of this is exhaust leaks where the lower heat exchangers connect to the muffler. Leaks there will spray exhaust forwards, where it can squirt inside the heat exchanger and join with the heated air. This can be difficult to fix, but you have at least 2 options: Seal the HE to muffler connection, or seal the sheet metal to exhaust pipe joint at the rear of the HE. Or you can try both. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~