heater hose routing

TrailBeast said
Kinda looks like someone tried to return the heater coolant back to the radiator instead of the water pump because the AC compressor was in the way and they got it backwards.
You could really only get away with that if the other heater hose came off the intake.
And it wouldn't circulate with the thermostat closed.
In fact, if I am correct it's probably sucking air from the top of the radiator directly into the water pump causing cavitation, and therefore over heating.
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Not sure about the rationale used on the hoses but I know it didn't run hot at all. It has some aftermarket gauges and now that I look closer at the picture it almost looks like maybe the sending unit for the temp gauge is plugged in that hole. Either way I'll correct it as soon as I can to make it right.