unclehoser
Old dog, new tricks
What started out to be a water pump replacement ended up being a replacement of everything in the cooling system but the block. That went fairly smoothly, considering the age of the vehicle.
Here's the fun part: While under the hood, I noticed that someone along the line had added a couple of "T" fittings in the heater hoses, inflow and outflow, with a hose between them. This makes absolutely NO sense. It's not like they were bypassing the heater core, but cutting the flow by half or so by introducing another water path "in parallel", if you will.
Granted, in the Arizona desert it doesn't get that cold, but there are mornings where it will dip into the 30's and I was wondering why it took so long for the truck to get warm in the cab! I think I now know.
Why the hell would anyone make a modification like this? Should I put it back to stock condition, or is there some kind of reasoning behind it? My brain itches from scratching my head..........
Here's the fun part: While under the hood, I noticed that someone along the line had added a couple of "T" fittings in the heater hoses, inflow and outflow, with a hose between them. This makes absolutely NO sense. It's not like they were bypassing the heater core, but cutting the flow by half or so by introducing another water path "in parallel", if you will.
Granted, in the Arizona desert it doesn't get that cold, but there are mornings where it will dip into the 30's and I was wondering why it took so long for the truck to get warm in the cab! I think I now know.
Why the hell would anyone make a modification like this? Should I put it back to stock condition, or is there some kind of reasoning behind it? My brain itches from scratching my head..........