Chuck,
I never close the heater valve, every summer I run a longer hose
from the valve to the return pipe. I then use a short pipe to join the
two hoses from the heater core. From what I have read and my own
experience if you close the heater valve in the summer the rear
cylinders tend to run hot without the additional circulation provided by
the heater valve.
Peter.
'59 Bugeye
'71 Midget
'70 MGB
>Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:31:53 -0400
>From: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
>To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject: Heater Removal?
>Reply-To: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
>
>OK, so it's really summer here in the South, and
>that means HOT! And, my heater control valve (on
>the back end of the block) won't close down without
>leaking. I know, I know, I'm gonna buy a new one.
>but in the meantime, how best to kill the flow of hot
>water thru the heater core?
>
>1. I could merely remove the hose from the valve, bypass
>the heater box, and run it right back into the return
>pipe.
>
>2. I could remove the valve entirely and make a small
>blanking plate. But then, what do I do about the return
>pipe or open heater tube?
>
>Also, anybod know of a source for these valves at a relatively
>reasonable cost.
>
>chuck
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