BTDT 9 years ago.If I ever move up north I'll reinstall the heater.
Marcus

Mark McCulley wrote:
>
> At 12:08 PM 7/23/98 -0400, Don Gibbons wrote:
> >There is no problem with the U. If you just plug them then you get a small
> >length of dead coolant that never circulates.
> >
> >A U will not be completely dead coolant, it may circulate somewhat.
> >
> >But in either case it will be a good place for air to collect and may make
> >bleeding more difficult.
> >
> Actually there is a potential problem when you bypass the rear heater core.
> This allows hot coolant to bypass the radiator and go right back to the
> engine. The valve assembly on the heater core has a restrictor that limits
> the flow through the core. If you remove the heater core and just connect
> the two hoses, you will have no restrictor and no valve. While I've never
> heard of anything terrible happening if you do this, I think that plugging
> the two hoses is the better way to go if you want to remove the rear heater
> core.
>
> MM