'87 80 1.8 Heater problem

[Larry C Leung]

On my 4KQ, the clip that had the problem was at the control lever. I
finally gave up and brazed another control arm to the arm by the valve.
One was good for summer, fall, spring. The other was set up for good
control in winter.

LL - NY

On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 19:41:52 -0500 Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> writes:
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>At 12:33 AM 01/03/2002 +0100, Tom Nas wrote:
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>>Thanks, Huw. I don't suspect the heater valve because I didn't
>operate it
>>when the heat stopped, or is that a common failure mode? I thought
>they
>>just broke so that the operating mechanism got stuck in one
>position...
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>
>Those valves can lose their grip on the cable so that the cable
>doesn't
>move the activator arm sufficiently.  Usually it's the other way
>around:  Can't shut the heat off, but I suppose the same thing could
>apply
>for opening the valve enough to let you warm the car.
>
>The plastic valve "disaster" is splitting in half so all your coolant
>helps
>wash down your firewall.
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