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Title: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: car5car on 11 October 2013, 17:25:54

It is on English driver side of engine. It is electrical valve. I'll try to take it apart, it has bolts. Did anybody try to repair it?

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: tunnie on 11 October 2013, 17:32:08

Do you mean the heater by-pass valve?

(http://images.omegaowners.com/images/guides/hbvv6_replacement/valveinsitu.jpg)

It's vacuum operated, needs to be replaced  :y

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: albitz on 11 October 2013, 18:18:54

I was thinking aux. heater pump beneath the header tank ?  :-\

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: car5car on 11 October 2013, 18:39:28

Quote from: Albitz on 11 October 2013, 18:18:54

I was thinking aux. heater pump beneath the header tank ?  :-\

We call it coolant expansion tank (bottle)
Yes, it is under tank. What will happen, if I connect hoses together? Heater will not work?
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc87/car6car/cateraheatervalve004_zpsf3e1a768.jpg) (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/car6car/media/cateraheatervalve004_zpsf3e1a768.jpg.html)

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc87/car6car/cateraheatervalve003_zpsf35f1a15.jpg) (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/car6car/media/cateraheatervalve003_zpsf35f1a15.jpg.html)

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc87/car6car/cateraheatervalve002_zps29dff8db.jpg) (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/car6car/media/cateraheatervalve002_zps29dff8db.jpg.html)

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc87/car6car/cateraheatervalve001_zps78bee2fd.jpg) (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/car6car/media/cateraheatervalve001_zps78bee2fd.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: tigers_gonads on 11 October 2013, 18:41:54

Yes, you are ok to remove the pump and join the pipes together  :y

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: robson on 11 October 2013, 18:58:30

Isnt it there to pump hot water into  heater system when car is idle.

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: tigers_gonads on 11 October 2013, 19:03:18

Quote from: robson on 11 October 2013, 18:58:30

Isnt it there to pump hot water into  heater system when car is idle.

Its mainly there to pump water round when the engine is off but the ignition / climate control is on  :)
If the engine is idling, it is enough to pump the water through the matrix

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: albitz on 11 October 2013, 19:14:32

Many people (myself included) have removed it and binned it as its a bit of a waste of time. ;)
Just jon the pipes or replace with  a pipe from a car that doesn't have that pump as an option.

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: car5car on 11 October 2013, 19:36:45

Thanks! :y
I took pump apart and found that it needed rubber O-ring about 1.5" diameter. I found plastic plumbing pipe on my backyard and installed piece of it to connect pipes, hopefully problem solved.
There is something interesting about the pump. There is no axle connection between electrical motor and pump, rotation is transferred by magnets (?)through non-movable plastic cover. Did anybody take it apart?

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 October 2013, 20:40:32

It's the same part as the one one the top corner of the radiator :y

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: car5car on 12 October 2013, 01:08:01

Quote from: ex taxi al on 11 October 2013, 20:40:32

It's the same part as the one one the top corner of the radiator :y

I found one on radiator! What does it do? Do people remove it too?

Title: Re: Heater valve leaking. Can it be repaired? Right side of engine.
Post by: Andy B on 12 October 2013, 06:47:28

Quote from: car5car on 12 October 2013, 01:08:01

Quote from: ex taxi al on 11 October 2013, 20:40:32

It's the same part as the one one the top corner of the radiator :y

I found one on radiator!  What does it do? Do people remove it too?

It circulates water around the block & radiator when you stop the engine to prevent localised hot spots in the block  ;)

Don't remove it  :y