<VV> Hot air cover below oil cooler

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Ted - The plate is used on all late models. Most of the plates have a  
U-shaped appendage that stick down to prop-open the drivers side thermostat door 
 - just a little, in hot weather. In cold weather, you remove the plate,  
roll it over and reinstall the screw to hold it, with the door pointed out  
away from the hole. This lets the thermostat door remain closed, and the 
hotter  air to re circulate back into the engine compartment and help to  warm 
up the motor more quickly. You have been caught be a "Catch-22"  The plate 
tells you what to do. (see photo below) But if you don't have the  plate, you 
can't read on it what to do. If you need a plate, I will send you one  for 
the cost of postage, but first check with other local owners. These are all  
over the place.
 
-Seth Emerson
 

 
 
In a message dated 4/20/2013 1:45:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tansbacher at gmail.com writes:

the  opening open. Clark's lists the part as <<Cover - Hot Air - Below  Oil
Cooler - 67-69 A/C or Smog>> implying again that this applies to  cars with
A/C. A Corvair-knowledgeable friend, however, tells me the  opening should
always be covered—A/C or no A/C — to improve engine  cooling.  Can anyone
shed further light on this?

--Ted  Ansbacher

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