Heater pipes

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Heater pipes

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Hiya, could someone remind me where the engine bay heater hoses go on the side of the matrix please, which is bottom and top? Ta😀
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My workshop manual shows the bottom one to the heater control valve. The diagram is just a schematic, though.
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The flow in to the bottom will push out air at the top.
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………and hot water rises, helping the flow
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