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Old 07-12-2008, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by D&M2 View Post
1) In another thread I thought I had read that on cars that did not have a heater, removing and blocking off the hose that went from the manifold to the water pump connection was not a good idea. Wouldn't turning off the water flow to the heater be the same as blocking off the connection in a car without a heater?
You are confusing the bypass hose with the heater hose. There is no danger in blocking off your heater hose outlet, either permanently or with a valve.

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Have any of you that have installed the shutoff valve experienced any similar problem?
I shut my valve off in late May and open it back up in October. So far, no problems.
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