heater valve - open or closed?

[Henry A Harper III]

The preventively-replaced heater valve on the bench in my garage looks like 
it's relaxed and open, allowing the free flow of coolant (if it were installed 
in a car, anyway). Presumably that's the safety power-loss default of the 
climate control - hot air to the defroster.

HTH
Henry Harper
http://www.henry-harper.com hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 120k, even some snow on the road, right around freezing 
though
1988 GTI 16v, 238k, but after a quick run to the store I'm inside playing with 
new HDTV box

On Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:03 PM, Livolsi, Stephane 
[SMTP:Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com] wrote:
> Woke up to about -30C this morning.  Car started fine (was not plugged
> in) but even after I get a reading on the temp gauge, the inside air
> still blows cold.
> I checked the heater valve and it is down (looks like vacuum is not
> applied, so the arm is in the relaxed position)  Does anyone know if
> this is open or closed?
>
> I felt the hoses and they are pliable and warm, but not as warm as I
> would expect after idling for a while.
>
> TIA
>
> Stephane
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