A few years ago, I was leaving Death Valley via the western grade on a
115degF day. We were
approaching boiling--several cars and a tour bus had already pulled over
due to overheating--and
I turned the heater on. This dropped the temp about 5deg, if I recall,
and kept us just under boiling.
But let me tell you, it was brutal on our feet.
My girlfriend was pulling a trailer with her Cherokee through the Mojave
a while back. She started
to overheat (the car ;), so I had her turn on the heater and she made it.
bs
Ron Davies wrote:
>RAWDAWGS@aol.com writes:
>Can I just not run the water lines to the heater? I dont need it down here
>and I seem to remember it generated heatr all the time. Does it disrupt the
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>coolant flow if I just block it off at the block and return lines? SM
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>I believe that if you are in a REALLY hot environment, with engine temps
>climbing, it's best to RUN the heater. Saw that on TV not long ago on some
>car show, so I wouldn't disconnect. I've run the heater in 100+ weather and
>it seems to drop the engine temp slightly but that might be my brain
>overheating.
>Ron Davies
>SoCal
>67 BJ8
>97 DB7
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