Not a great idea as this just creates a "short circuit" for the hot coolant to bypass the trip up to the radiator and allows HOT coolant to return to the engine. Better to plug or clamp off both heater hoses thus sending all the hot coolant to the radiator. (Thanks to Dennis for pointing this out to me a couple of years ago.) On 24-Aug-09, at 3:22 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:01 -0400 > From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: rear heater blowout - stranded > > Matt, > > I'm not saying your blocking the hoses will hurt anything - because > I really > don't know - it might. > > What I did when this happened on an '85 I used to own was to get a > length of > high temp hose and fasten it between the send and return hoses you > speak of. > Creating a loop so the coolant could still flow. That "repair" is > still in > place because a friend of mine now owns that van. > > At least that way you could keep traveling with no worries and get > a new > heater core at your convenience. > > Good Luck. |
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