At 10:52 AM 4/7/03 -0700, sinclair@degenkolb.com wrote:
>I'd like to bypass my leaking heater valve while I sort out a replacement.
>Actually - I'd like to bypass the entire heater core for the summer.
>Anyone foresee any problems with running a hose from the heater inlet to
>outlet on the block?
>I did imagine that it would be fine - but then I started wondering if
>perhaps it would be a bad thing to have coolant running around an
>unrestricted loop, possibly messing up the flow in the rest of the system.
Mark,
That's one solution. The other is to put a shut off valve in the line going
to the water control valve on the firewall so that no water makes it to the
heater.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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