^^^ except its spelled 'genius'

goes to show you how much i know

haha

 

if the coolant gets too low, then it isnt high enough to get into the heater core, and so with no coolant, theres no heat. he probably has a leak somewhere too though.

 

Haha and Sacs comes back to school us..again.

Sac your like a Civic God haha! Along with quite a few ppl on here.

 

He has unlimited long distance, so he just calls up Mugen HQ in Japan every time he needs help...

Nah, just playin' sacs. You're a force to be reckoned with.

 

this forum just makes me so happy

 

How does the coolant go to the radiator if it doesn't go through the heater core? As i know, the hose from the block goes to the heater core. There is another hose that brings coolant to the engine.

 

thats why it starts running hot shortly after the heater stops working.

 

and on rereading that, i see what you are saying. actually, its a parallel system, not a series. the heater hoses dont supply the engine, if you plugged up both spouts, the engine would run fine. it just kind of takes some to the side, not as a section of the path of the coolant.

 

So your saying that the coolant could go either to the block or to the heater or are you saying that there is a bypass that allows coolant to flow straight to the block if the heater gets clogged?

 

either. the heater hoses are an offshoot from the rest of the cooling system. and one of the highest points too, hence the heater going cold as a sign of low coolant.