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Old 06-19-2014   #212
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Re: Potential Buy 1997 GSX

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Originally Posted by SlowWhite View Post
Already have am idea on that, and its the fact that 1/2 of the coolant lines are gone. And the water pipe behind the turbo is just welded shut at the end so its not a flow through system there, instead it just hits a wall and then has to reverse course I guess causing extra time getting heated by the turbo.
What? The end of your water pipe is the return to the radiator, if you don't have that, I'd drop your car off at the previous owner's house immediately, because he's a moron.

Getting rid of the heater core is no big deal, I didn't have one for years, never had a temp issue.

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