jmead Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Well, driving down the road, foot on the accelerator, at about 5000rpms I hear a loud pop and a hiss, followed by a massive amount of smoke puring in through the heating ducts and up the whindshield. A few seconds later I also hear the sound of hot coolant being shot into the passenger side of the cabin, and trickeling down the passenger seat (luckily I was alone in the car at the time). I was just a few seconds from home so I rolled down the window and stuck my head out just enough to see my way into the garage where I quickly shut of the car and prayed that once the smoke cleared the temperature needle won't have melted. Since I couldn't see anything I'm not sure how hot the engine got, but it was only a few seconds so I'm pretty sure there isn't any damage other than the coolant-soaked interior and a burst heater core. All this is really beside the point..what I'm really asking is if my temporary fix will do the job for now, before I start it, or if it could cause any more damage. My plan is to take the two hoses off where the pass through the firewall to the heatercore, and basically just bypass the problem area by routing them together. This way the coolant meant for the heater will just flow right back into the engine. Is this going to cause any problems? I haven't joined the hoses yet, or started it, I just wanted to check here first. If my thinking is correct, the heater core isn't really needed for anything, and routing the coolant back into the engine will barely make any difference then it going through the core, since it isn't a critical cooling component or anything. Thanks for any input....I hope to have my car back on the road ASAP. And since its getting to be summer, I didn't really need the heater anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD D Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 That's what I did. I don't think the heater core would cool down the water too much any how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Yeah it will work. Since the heater core doesnt have fresh air moving over it, it doesnt really do too much cooling. It's not like the radiator if thats what you were thinking Do the bypass but get it fixed eventually! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 man ive had about 7 z cars now, and the ones with heater cores always went out on me, and the others came with no heater, man i bypassed mine just because! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Yep, did that too. My heater core bllew up on me, and I bypassed it exactly as you described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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