Doward
10-24-2011, 12:59 PM
Here's a pic:
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/313467_10150420908492495_533907494_9901752_8821401 14_n.jpg
Green is current coolant loop that runs from the water pump area, through the big valve thing (really should look up what the hell that thing is) through the throttle body, to the fast idle wax valve, then post thermostat.
Red is the coolant loop I'm looking at removing. It runs from under the intake manifold, up through that pipe you see under the heater valve cable, and then post thermostat, at the same junction the Green loop runs.
The ONLY reason I can see that red loop being there, is if the intake manifold runners have coolant jackets around them to warm them up.
If so, it's all the more reason for me to remove that loop, unless the coolant comes in elsewhere.
What's the deal?
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/313467_10150420908492495_533907494_9901752_8821401 14_n.jpg
Green is current coolant loop that runs from the water pump area, through the big valve thing (really should look up what the hell that thing is) through the throttle body, to the fast idle wax valve, then post thermostat.
Red is the coolant loop I'm looking at removing. It runs from under the intake manifold, up through that pipe you see under the heater valve cable, and then post thermostat, at the same junction the Green loop runs.
The ONLY reason I can see that red loop being there, is if the intake manifold runners have coolant jackets around them to warm them up.
If so, it's all the more reason for me to remove that loop, unless the coolant comes in elsewhere.
What's the deal?