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On 3 Dec 2001, at 0:33, Dave Hall wrote: > > This is not due to a heat exchanger failure in the normal sense, but > > rather due to a poor seal between the heat exchanger and the > > muffler. Exhaust gas leaks there will spray forward and blow into > > the heat exchanger airbox around the rusted away joint where the > > exhaust pipe exits the airbox. > > That's not usually much of a problem until the clamping gasket around the > rear of the heat exchanger shrouding also fails through corrosion. Heat > exchangers on Type 1 give trouble much more often because they don't have > this extra clamp. I don't think any of my HEs still have that clamp and gasket. They were lost long ago to corrosion. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe