HELP! just blew up heater core valve thing... going camping tomorow
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HELP! just blew up heater core valve thing... going camping tomorow
So, I was trying to get at my #5 sparkplug, touched (just freaking touched it!) the heater core line to get a view of the plug and BAM! the plastic valve looking thing that the heater core lines go to blew up and sprayed me with boiling hot coolant. It looks like a proportioning valve (2 lines to/from pump, 2 lines to/from core, and a vac pot)...
Can I just plug the lines coming from the pump until next week when I can get a new part, or do I have to wake up extra early tomorow to bike to the parts store/dealership to get a new one?
Can I just plug the lines coming from the pump until next week when I can get a new part, or do I have to wake up extra early tomorow to bike to the parts store/dealership to get a new one?
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Can I just plug the existing hoses straight into the heater core, or will I be miserably hot tomorow?
edit: what size hose (ID) is that? time to get a bypass
edit: what size hose (ID) is that? time to get a bypass
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Loop one of the heater hoses from the waterpump back to the thermostat housing.. bypassing the heater core. You wont have heat till you replace the valve.
Be carefull not to kink the hose and stop flow though.
Be carefull not to kink the hose and stop flow though.
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I bypassed the heater core on my wifes car last year until I had the spare time to remove her dash to get to it..
We ran it all summer like that without issue.. Jeep may be different I don't know, but our Ford did fine all summer..
We ran it all summer like that without issue.. Jeep may be different I don't know, but our Ford did fine all summer..
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I got a 5/8" coupler and coupled the hoses together, then ziptied them to the old heater core valve so they wouldn't flop around much since I had to take them out of their bracket to keep them from kinking... the top hose looks like it is flatening out a bit due to the bend, but it isn't kinked. Would that be a problem?
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I got a 5/8" coupler and coupled the hoses together, then ziptied them to the old heater core valve so they wouldn't flop around much since I had to take them out of their bracket to keep them from kinking... the top hose looks like it is flatening out a bit due to the bend, but it isn't kinked. Would that be a problem?