I have deleted heat and a/c but I was wondering if its okay to cap off the heater hose ends at the water pump. I currently have them looped. Thanks. I just want as much stuff out of the way as possible I know that might be dumb to some but I want a clean engine bay before I repaint it.

 

Since you're only concerned with painting it. Cap it, paint it and then put the loop back on.

 

Sorry, you misunderstood. I want as much clutter out as possible so I was wondering if I could leave them capped, that way I could get rid of the hoses all together.

 

Not an expert at water flow but since the heater core has a restrictor in the flow path any way. It should not be a problem to cap them. However, I don't see how a 6 or 7 inch piece of hose in front of the water pump is clutter?

 

Every liitle bit helps my friend plus it looks kind of rigged being looped like that.

 

Take the hose fittings out and put some nice allen head,flush mount pipe plugs in it.