Capping off heater lines???

[ja.stoner63]

I did a search but not luck.

Has anyone capped off the water pump & intake for the heater?

Any suggestions with a picture would be great .

Thanks for all the help.

JA

 

[mattt]

When I had no heater in the truck, I didn't cap them, I ran a hose from one to the other to keep the circulation going.

 

[Broncobowsher]

I have seen push on caps for the waterpump nipple. The last waterpump I had had a threaded nipple so just take the nipple out and put a plug in, but that isn't how they normally are.

The intake I would strongly recomend removing the nipple and putting a pipe plug in. There can be some rather high water pressures in the intake that can blow out the simple rubber cap. Waterpump isn't the same issue as that is a suction port.

Then there is the old simple waterpump bypass of just looping the hose from the intake to the waterpump. That has been done so may times I don't even really notice anymore. Generally a quick fix for a blown heater core that is ignored until it gets cold out. The plugs are a cleaner perminate fix then the quicky looped hose.

 

[ja.stoner63]

That is all very helpful thanks.

I'm in Az so the heat is not so needed. I'll install a Vintage system down the road more for the A/C...;D