My heater core broke and is leaking coolant into my passenger side interior. I don't feel like removing my entire interior to fix it... Besides, the heat system sucks and I don't really need it in Florida anyways.



So, what I wanted to do was just connect the two in/out coolant lines together that feed to the heater core. I just wanted to reassure myself that I'm taking the correct action by asking you all if I've got the right idea.



The two small rubber hoses that connect into the firewall just above the rear turbo are the ones I should be concentrating on, correct? I was also curious as to what your recommendation is on the connecting piece I should use to do this. I'm pretty sure I've got the right idea on what to get, but if someone else has done this before and it worked fine, I'd rather go with a tried and true method.



Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!



-Anthony

just connect the two lines...bypass the core.

the feed line for the heater is on the driver side of the engine, right below the elbow... block it off if you want

Does anyone have a coolant system diagram I can look at? DUB says connect the two lines I'm talking about and Martin says there's another one. lol...

just pull the 2 lines off the firewall, get a piece of copper pipe from home depot or lowes and connect the 2 together. Simple, easy, done https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Was that the source of the leak?

Get rid of the whole heater system and whatever piping you don't need - you might be surprised at the weight you save.



Mark

Nah I don't think that was the leak... The leak is most likely a freeze plug gone bad but now I'm not sure because the car isn't leaking anymore... Yea I'm gonna run to home depot before it gets to late and connect these hoses together so I can finally have a dry passenger side.

the core and blower to include piping to the housing dont weigh very much....

the entire system weighs around ten lbs... give or take a few

so the surprise is that the weight savings is minimal...

Where's the car right now?