Date:         Fri, 10 Jan 1997 00:53:51 -0500 (EST)
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From:         ERIC ZENO <emz@pgh.nauticom.net>
Subject:      Re: coolant lose was Re:Re nervous about heads



On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, David Bayer wrote:

> 
> 	My aux heater core has a pin prick leak. No coolant actually flows
> out this leak, but if I turn the valve on, syncro really steams up. If the
> valve is off, I don't really have a problem. I have put this $140+ job off
  (snip)
> those tubes (the valve on the side of the core does not seem to completely
> close off the heater as it still gets warmer than the air around it after
> the car has been running a while)? 
> 
> dave
> 
  Remove the hoses and connect them together with a dowel rode.
  No more heater no more leak.

    Eric Zeno

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