Rear heater lines?

[Mbartelstone1]

Can they just be by passed? they are completely corroded and have no rear heater unit.
thanks,
M

 

[fourwd1]

I moved your question to the proper section.
You can do 2 things, replace the bad metal lines with standard heater hose (how I did it) or if you don't need the heater, cap the lines where they start in the engine bay by the firewall.

 

[Pyroboy]

I replaced mine with 1/2" soft copper tubing when they were about three years old. Cut the steel tube off the mounting brackets and attached the copper with gear clamps. Works great.

 

[dorton]

I removed all the rear heat stuff on mine when i was replacing the hot water valve and all the hoses. I got new OEM parts for a non rear heat model and am pleased. When it removed the center console, and blowed i discovered there was some minor leakage under the rear console, and the lines were deteriorated, and swollen.