Heater hose burst, can I just cap off or do I need to circulate?

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nocwage
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Whelp as what always happens to JDM CAs, my heater hose burst.Can I just cap off the feed/return on the block or do I need to circulate it?I want to cut my heater core out of the loop because whoever owned my CA in japan must have just used TAP water in it since it is so unbelievably full of rust.

So again, can I just block off the feed/return or do I have to connect a pipe to either end?


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nocwage wrote:Whelp as what always happens to JDM CAs, my heater hose burst.Can I just cap off the feed/return on the block or do I need to circulate it?I want to cut my heater core out of the loop because whoever owned my CA in japan must have just used TAP water in it since it is so unbelievably full of rust.

So again, can I just block off the feed/return or do I have to connect a pipe to either end?
If you don't want your heater, just recirc it. it's not going to hurt anything.

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You can recirc it if you want to. It won't hurt anything.


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