[V8] Heater Valve

[Scott Simmons]

Thanks Steve.  That was my concern.  The pipe-to-valve hose that I was 
installing was not an Audi hose and I could "enforce my will" upon it to 
fit into the offset design.  Since I'm replacing those hoses with OE 
hoses, I'm wondering if it won't change from "extremely difficult" to 
"getting something through Congress."

OE design:
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The design I got:
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Yay ASCII.

~Scott S.

urq wrote:

>Funny, when I did the heater core on #2 I got one of the brass units too ...
>I couldn't figure out a way to cram the lines onto the fittings and get
>everything back in ... so I stayed with the old valve ... 
>
>I say if you figured out a way to make the metal part work stick with it.  I
>wish I had a dollar for every plastic part in the coolant circuit that has
>failed at an inopportune time.  When a metal part fails it tends to weep,
>when the plastic parts fail they usually cause large flows ... 
>
>Steve B
>San José, Ca (USA)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>I'm going back in soon to replace my heater hoses and was wondering 
>about the heater valve.
>
>When I first got the car, the OE plastic valve was kaput.  I replaced it 
>with a VW retrofit part that was all brass but slightly different 
>design.  Due to the off-set design of the nipples, getting the hoses on 
>was a bit tricky compared to the straight-through design of OE.  It 
>works great, but I'm wondering... for the $17 dollars, should I replace 
>the valve with an OE plastic while I'm in there?  Or is the brass much 
>better?
>
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