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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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my girlfriends heater core took a crap, and its dumping coolant inside her car. its an 03 rt. to replace is too expensive, and we live in fl so dont really need the heat. has anyone found, or written up a walkthru for bypassing the heater core? also any info/tips would be greatly appreciated. i know how to do the bypass, its the finding best way of getting to it. thanks
 

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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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All you need to do is pull the hose's going into the heater core and add a 5/8 tube between the two hoses and clamps.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 09:41 AM
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where is the heater core and whats the best way of accessing it? thanks
 
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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The heater core hose's are the ones going the bulkhead/firewall.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 08:49 AM
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so get under the vehicle to access them? look for two 5/8" coolant lines going thru the firewall on the drivers side.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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I don't know which side of the car its on, Just at the bulkhead.
 
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