Need a heater core in Fla.?

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Andres2882

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Heater core took a dump and I've had it bypassed for almost a year now. I dont have any real need for heat in the car in sunny south Fla., so is there a real need for me to undergo that hassle? I want to get my a/c working again, is the heater core needed/used by the a/c system at all? Thanks.

 

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Nope. Bypass the core and be done with it. Your A/C should work just fine.

 

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My stang's heater core been bypassed for the last 13 years. I can get bundled up quite comfortably and do without it.

 

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I also live in South Florida (Miami to be exact) and i've been wondering this for some time! can you just remove it rather than bypass it?

 

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You could remove it but most people bypass it so they don't have to take their whole dash apart. If you did all that work to take the dash apart and remove it you might as well put a new one in. They are not too expensive, it's just the labor that people shy away from.

 

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Evedn the labor with takign the dash apart is not that hard. When i bought my car the entire heating set up behind the dash had been removed to save weight. It took a few hours to get it out, put the new heater box in and the rest of the stuff. For me it wasnt an option to just leave it out becuase it gets cold here in Mass, even on some summer nights.

 

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I haven't had heat in SoFl for many years now. I bypassed it years ago. In fact, I don't even have the hard tubes anymore. The only drawback is on cooler evenings, the A/C is too cold, since you can't mix so heat in it. I just switch between vent and A/C.

 

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racerraj said:

I haven't had heat in SoFl for many years now. I bypassed it years ago. In fact, I don't even have the hard tubes anymore. The only drawback is on cooler evenings, the A/C is too cold, since you can't mix so heat in it. I just switch between vent and A/C.

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man I dont even run my AC lol

 

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The heater core swap gets easier the more times you do it

In Washington State, it's definitely needed with all the rain and foggy windows in a daily driver car ...

As far as needing it for A/C ... not at all.

 

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All i can say is thank god! JR, how did you get your bypass hose not to "kink" mine isnt bad but I'm afraid it's still not free-flowing enough in its present form.

 

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I cheated... I went to Home Depot and got some copper elbows & short pieces of copper pipe to make a U. Then I sweat soldered them together. A couiple of hose clamps to hold it in the short hoses coming fromi the manifold heater tubes & I was done.