Originally Posted by rainbowATF

I considered the pipe thread and hose fittings to make a repair; however I weighed it against breaking the tap off in the Throttle body or cracking it and decided not to try. I removed the hose fitting on the intake standpipe fitting and plugged that. Then removed the T-fitting in the heater hose and replaced with longer hose. I used a piece of the T-fitting-bracket to cradle the hose to the alternator bracket as original.

Originally Posted by quicklook2

i think i am "seasoned" enough to say what i said.

think about it:

in cold climate this may help vaporize fuel but if the engine is hot and the air around it is also hot then the warm coolant would not be needed.

after the engine is warmed up the additional heat from the coolant will not help it and in fact may hurt it.

i am in ohio now but while living in l.a. i bypassed my corvettes coolant lines to the t.b. and it ran better then it did with it hooked up.

hope this clears my view of this up for you.