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Subject:Re: Turning off rear heater
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:21 -0400

At 05:58 PM 7/29/2010 Thursday, Don Hanson wrote:
>   I plan on replacing all my minor hoses when I pull my motor soon, so I
>know I will be revisiting this soon, but I see no reason why you couldn't
>use a fix like this full time.  The rear heater is only useful to me on the
>coldest days..so if I am so inclined, I may put it back in there for
>winter...but I probably won't...
>   Cost you about $10 for this "fix"
>   Don Hanson

Don, what you're doing here is short-circuiting the front heater --
the two cores are plumbed in parallel.  If you don't want the rear,
block it, don't loop it.

Yours,
David