[Shotimes] Disable Heater Core

[Carl Prochilo]

When I had my 3.2 installed, DonD replaced these hoses.  But I never
realized the problem you described, so that's good to know.

I do have to do this surgery on my Alfa 164 one of these days soon tho
(bypass the heater core).
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Mon, January 3, 2005 3:28 pm, Paul L Fisher said:
> The answer to your question is yes.
>
> However, before you do that, make sure the clamps are tight. In talking to
> Doug Mellum from Performance-Plus, he mentioned that he had hardly ever
> seen
> a heater core on a Taurus go out and most likely culprit is that the
> clamps
> on the hoses that heed the heater core have loosened up and now allow
> coolant to stream into the firewall openings. On my '93, this happened at
> least twice. I went in and took off the hoses and re-tightened them and
> the
> leaking went away. The smell took some time to clear out though.
>
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of jared gardner
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 2:10 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Disable Heater Core
>
> My heater core gave up the other day and I do not have the time to do it
> myself currently and I don't have the cash to pay for it to be done.
> However, I need the transportation and driving with smoke billowing out of
> the defrost register is not working for me.  So I was thinking that I
> could
> disable the core temporarily until I find the time or money.  Could I
> simply
>
> just by pass the core by connecting the two hoses together?  If so what
> type
>
> of pipe would be acceptable for the link?  I know the cores are made of
> either brass or aluminum. Would steel or copper pipe of the same diameter
> be
>
> acceptable?  Also off hand does any one know what the diameter of the
> intake
>
> pipes are on the heater core?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jared Gardner
> '91 "Smoked In"
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