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Old 05-24-2012, 04:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
D.O.G.
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Originally Posted by Ryland View Post
My heater core has a valve on it that it only opened up when the heat is turned on.
My cars do also.

I've read on performance sites that a heater bypass can cause hot spots in the engine due to changed coolant flow.
It's better to simply block the coolant lines to the heater if you want to remove it.
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