no , the heater core provides heat to the interior for the passengers
Yes But: Breathing the anti-freeze fumes is not good for humans. Also running out of coolant and engine overheating will cause damage. If it's an emergency, bypass the heater core with a hose and clamps to route coolant back to engine.
To bypass the heater core you need to remove the two water hoses going through the firewall from the engine compartment to the heater core and connect them together so that the water loops around back to the engine.
No , if you were to bypass the heater core , you would have no heat
Take both heater hoses off at the heater and the hose running from the front, attach it to the rear of the engine.
If your heater core is LEAKING engine coolant so that your engine coolant level drops too low or the engine coolant is lost completely and causes your engine to overheat then your engine can be damaged beside the mess the leaking coolant makes inside your vehicle ( you might be able to just temporarily bypass the heater core so that no engine coolant is flowing through the heater core )
you would have to bypass the heater core first.
There are hoses in the engine compartment that go to the heater core. You can remove the intake and out going hoses from the heater core. You have to either block off these hoses or connect them together, depending on the make of the vehicle.
Heater coolant bypass pipe It would be the return hose for the heater.
did the heater core start leaking? anyway you should have no problem with the air if you bypass the heater core.
Upper and lower radiator, inlet and outlet heater core, bypass,Upper and lower radiator, inlet and outlet heater core, bypass,
NO! THE HEATER CORE IS YOUR CARS HEAT SOURCE YOU CAN BYPASS BUT IS NOT A GOOD IDEAL IN WINTER!
You can bypass your 1988 Buick Skylark heater core by removing the heater core water supply hoses. There will be to water hoses. Connect the water hoses to each other.