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Re: poor heat at idle
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 1/28/2014

One thing we run into frequently is poor heat due to overstrength mixing. It's my understanding that the water in the mixture speeds up heat transfer out of the coolant and into the heater core metal. Roughly speaking, bringing a mixture from over 70% HOAT/OAT... Login to read more.