[DeTomaso] Heater valve

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

I suggest pushing an indoor/outdoor thermometer probe out the heater box drain hose hole in the front firewall to measure how hot the air is before spending time and money insulating the floor. Why would this be any worse on our cars than on any front engine car?

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>
To: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at excaliburre.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater valve


> In my new car,  I notice a lot of heat coming from the footwells.  I have 
> heater shut off valves that are shut off.  I suspect that a lot of this heat 
> is coming from the radiator which vents the hot air against the front wall 
> of the front trunk. The hot air then goes under the car.  It appears that 
> much of the sheet metal under the car is bathed in very hot air.  I would 
> think that heat insulation everywhere you can get it in the footwell area 
> would help.  I think if you vented the hot air thru an opening in the hood, 
> it should reduce the heat going to the footwell.  But then it probably 
> subjects the windshield to more heat.
> 
> Art
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater valve
> 
> 
>> The Winged Warrior had a substantial amount of heat entering with the 
>> heater turned off. Actually, on or off, it's the same amount of heat.
>> Is this typically due to a bad heater valve? Or simply the hoses being 
>> crossed?
>> For years I ran with the heater hose cut-off valves closed, I may have to 
>> return to that format for the Reno roadtrip.
>>
>> Dan
>> Dan F. Courtney
>>
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