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Re: [T3] Air hose


On 4 Jan 2001, at 15:56, Steve Bradley wrote:

> Just curious, why did VW design the heater this way? What difference
> does it make whether the air-mixer box pulls fresh air from the fan
> housing or directly from the outside?

Because it is not pulled, it is pushed. A fan of some kind is 
required to force the air forward and overcome the pressure of the 
heated air which has also been pushed forward.

If you take these hoses off, hot air will be forced out of the top of 
the mixer boxes.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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