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Old 03-30-2009, 09:18 PM   #5
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Re: Heater Core question.

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Originally Posted by Sport/Truck View Post
The hot water return is from the top of the engine & going to the top of the radiator, the cool water is circulated from the bottom through the water pump.
The trucks with automatic transmissions had the return line going directly to the top of the radiator from the heater core.
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I hate to hi-jack this thread but I'm going to due to an issue this brings up in my truck. I get very little heat out of my heater and although I haven't checked my thermostat, I wonder if this might be why I'm not getting heat based on the routing you've described? I have an automatic.
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