<VV> smelly heater

[hallgrenn at aol.com]

Check the floor vents first to be sure the rubber seals are intact and that the vent door pins are seated so the door can seal.  
Worst case I've seen is when the plenum (under the grill in front of the windshield) is rusted through--usually at one end seam or the other--or both.

Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: Ernie Sanders <epssax at yahoo.com>
To: VirtualVairs <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, Dec 18, 2013 10:58 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> smelly heater


I have to agree with Smitty on this one.  I chased a smelly heater with all new 
parts in the heater system and still had carbon smell.  After exhausting(sorry) 
all other options I checked my head gaskets.  Most head bolts were between 9-12 
ft.lbs.!  The engine had been rebuilt before I bought the car and it never got 
re-torqued after a break in.  Re-torqued the heads and adjusted the valves and 
exhaust smell was solved.  

Now if I could only solve my air infiltration on my 1967 coupe  I'd have wall to 
wall heat.  It's great at a light but at highway speed there is more cold air 
coming in than the heater can keep up with.

Ernie in Fisherville, KY
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