I know there has been some discussion on the cooling system recently, but I just noticed something very odd while changing the coolant hoses in my '01 NSX. 19522-PR7-J02 "Hose A bypass" exits (the block?) winds around in front of the thermostat, goes up and through some piping that's welded to a crankcase breather and then runs back down, practically crossing over itself and connects near the thermostat via 19524-PR7-A01 "Hose C bypass". It looks very strange - why not skip the runaround (and an additional coolant hose) and just connect directly since there are no other connections in between? Heating or cooling the crankcase breather?
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In the pic, "Hose A bypass" is on the right and goes under "Hose C bypass" as it comes back around. I'm tempted just to plug "Hose A bypass" into the block where "Hose C bypass" plugged in and skip the extra plumbing and Hose C bypass. Will my cooling improve with the lowered resistance? Could I have saved the $10 for "Hose C bypass"?
Who am I kidding? I'm too chicken to not plumb it as Shigeru intended. But I'd love to learn what is going on here.
Bonus question: I got a nice set of tools for accessing those hose clamps from odd angles, but how do I get to the clamp on 19506-PR7-A01 "Hose, RR WATER". The clamp "grabbers" are on the bottom. I can see why, to avoid impinging on 19506-PR7-A01"Hose, RR WATER" beside it and 79728-SL0-A00 "Hose Water Inlet (engine) above it. But how do I get to it with that {air injector?} line running right in front/under it?
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