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Subject:Re: REAR HEATER VALVE - 'Not' Understood (Sorry Zoltan)
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:05:25 -0500
At 09:03 AM 3/27/2001, Karl Wolz wrote:
>Is the Soob swap such a  marginal solution that it requires a heater to be
>on constantly?  Or does yours have a problem?  This is the first I have
>heard of this.

The design of the Subaru cooling system assumes (and requires) flow through
the heater loop at all times.  I'm not sure, but I think that without this
the thermostat will not open and the engine will overheat with the
thermostat still closed.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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