[urq] When the day my heater hose burst, could i just clamp it? WX engine

[Mike Sylvester]

As Steve had mentioned, I did not mean to use the heater valve to block
the hose in the case of a failure.
I was just stating that in normal use it does block the flow, so
blocking the flow in some other manner would be fine.

If you needed coolant to flow there would be a bypass built into the
valve.

The funny thing in my car is that the engine actually runs hotter if I
have the temperature control in the hot position.

Mike

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [urq] When the day my heater hose burst, could i just clamp
> it?  WX engine
> From: Chris <kleinbiker1 at aol.com>
> Date: Tue, August 27, 2013 12:36 pm
> To: Steven Murray <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "urq at audifans.com" <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> I would not rely on the heater valve to hold the pressure in the system for starters. It holds the pressure now because the pressure us almost equal on both sides of the ball valve. The best option in my opinion is to keep a piece of heater hose in the trunk that's cut to the proper length to go from that coolant pipe to the head thus completely eliminating the heater core and valve from the coolant loop. You do still need coolant to flow in my opinion. 
> 
> On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:17, Steven Murray <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Or do I need to put in a hose to maintain some flow?
> > 
> > I keep some hose pincers in the car.     Heater Hoses might be 30 years old.   They are difficult to replace I believe, on A/C car. 
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