magneti

ok i read a bunch of threads pertaining to this but most are about failed heaters and switching hoses . Mines just leaking a slow drip but Id like to fix it. OLT/Killa seemed to fix his with some Liquid Nail stuff.

Anyone else repair their leak? dealership only wants $470 so maybe i should just give that. It looks like its worth about $4.70 actually. How hard is this thing to take off and put back? does the entire piece come off or can you just remove the valve itself?

Couple places online have it for over 100 bucks less but still way too much if i can avoid it.


I have a '98 sc3.

ogre

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I took mine totally out. no problems so far

shern

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PM aliga for used valves.

FutureSC

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I took mine off and just torqued down the screw as hard as I could. No more leaks. I would maybe recommend some liquid nail or rubber cement right around that screw though, that is if that's where you're leaking from.

magneti

what the heck does this thing do then if you removed it completely? how does it affect your heating?

ogre

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it is a shutoff valve basicly. valve closed no hot water going to the heater core. valve open the heater core will be hot.