Hi All;
It's been a while, which is a good thing...
2000 GV 3.3L
I noticed a coolant leak and discovered that the black painted tubes that route the rear heater lines are corroded and are leaking quite badly.
It appears this part which apparently begins against the firewall near the front heater core and snakes its way to the passenger side underneath the seat, is impossible for me to get to/replace without pulling at least the intake and throttle body out. Is that correct?
I would be OK with bypassing this part/the rear core altogether. The issue I see is that I cannot seem to figure our the routing near the firewall. Would there be consequences to simply connecting the 2 hosed at the top of this tube, thereby completing this loop without ever routing coolant to the back?
Are there consequences to bypassing the rear core?
I do have A/C back there, will that continue to work? Issues with the A/C from bypassing?
Any other simple solutions??
Thanks!
-Tim