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Old 01-24-2008, 02:07 PM
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what does the hose coming of the cylinder head crossflow pipes connect to??
i know it supposed to get the air out of the heads but i dont know where the hose connects im assuming somewhere on the radiator but where?
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i think on stock cars it looks through the throttle body but where does it go after that somebody has got to know what i am talking about
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It goes to the small nipple below the radiator cap on the radiator.
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i thought that was the coolant over flow??
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not sure but i think it hooks up to ur tb on the top think its kinda brass color one.
not sure if thats wat your talking about
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im bypassing the tb but i know it ties back into the coolant system i just dont know how
my car wasnt als1 car to begin with so i am having to figure out sometings as i go
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the top nipple on the radiator is for the overflow. the next one down is for your TB.. if you bypass the TB then it goes to that metal lil pipe i beleave that your talking about.
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cool, i noticed the ls1 cars have the metal pipe insert for one of the radiator hoses i was making sure it didnt plug into that, seeings as how i dont have it that could make for problems what is that thing for anyway? coolant for the trany?
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i beleive it is. i have to go take a look again. i cant picture it in my head rite now. . but im thinking that there is one on top and one on the bottome "return line" and "feed line" when i get off work ill check and let you know.




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