I dont mean to be obtuse(no owners manual),but between the 3 levers on dash,cant seem to get warm air blowing for defrost,or thru vents,(just cool air )running car at idle.(2 ft of snow outside,car is in unheated garage. Thanks
Check the heater boxes, this car is aircooled, the fan that cools the engine also blows hot air to the front for heat. get underneath the car and check them out, also check the hoses that connect them to the body and the control cables. most older aircooled cars are known to have poor heat
As no one seems to have mentioned the obvious yet: The 3 levers on the dash merely control the vents and blower fan, not the heater; these must be used in conjunction with the heater control or you will only be working with air from outside or recirculated air from the car cabin. The dash controls - the top lever controls the inside/outside vent and the fan. The second lever directs fresh air flow from the foot wells or to the middle dash/door vents (or a mix of the two in the middle positions). The bottom level directs heated air to the footwell or the defrost openings (or a mix of the two in the middle position). For most defrosting you'll probably have everything far right. The next part of the equation is turning on the heater. From documentation I've read, most of these cars came with automatic heaters, though most I've personally been in and what I own has a manual heater. In either case you'll find the controls on the floor between the seats, right behind the hand brake. In the automatic heater, there is a dial that you simply to to select the temp simply turn this up and you should get your hot air. In the manual, the controls are in the same place, but you will instead have two red levers and a dial in the middle. The lever on the left will turn on the heat to the drivers side, and the right lever controls it on the passenger side. Pull both levers up and turn on the blower in the middle to get this going. If you have problems after this, simply try getting heat anywhere. In my experience the air cooled cars can get the heat going really well really soon after starting. If you are not getting any heat at all, then you may want to look at possible issues with the heat exchangers).
If the oil comes from a reservoir somewhat than a sump (or pan) then the oil it particularly is around interior the engine will fall to the backside while the engine is switched off. once you start up lower back this could be scavenged and back to the reservoir, for that reason increasing the analyzing. there will be extremely various it, as those engines are in all danger as plenty oil cooled as they are air cooled. the place has Ramon been ? Air cooled engines have been utilized in many vehicles (and maximum motorcycles) - how with reference to the previous VW beetle for a initiate ?
You need a heater core, and fast.
