Blown heater Core '90 80 non-Q

[Kent McLean]

Al wrote:
 > I don’t need the heater, Honolulu, never will. I know you guys and
 > gals feel real bad for me. What I want to do is plug both in and out
 > hoses, at the outer firewall. Now I think that will work, but many of
 > you have more experience with similar problems.

We don't hate you, we envy you. Except for your heater core problem.

You don't want to just plug the ends. You want to complete the loop,
in effect bypassing the heater core. That'll let the water circulate.

At least, that's what the mechanic did on one of my V8s.

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Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"