Re: heater valves

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> > I worry about cloggation of my heater core a bit.  Maybe I should swap
> > it out of boredom?
> 
> Whoa there!  You can experiment on _my_ 87 4kcsq that _needs_ the heater
> core exchanged :).  Sigh, if we were only neighbors.

already done it once, and my AC is deleto, so it isn't that bad of a
job.  I'm just phobic about the smell of coolant...

> 
> > I wonder if that little tab-y thing actually *does* something?
> 
> A few guesses:
> 1) Makes the coolant "swirl", thereby increasing heat exchange in the
> core.

that was my #1 "theory"

> 2) Keeps the tab in the flow so you do not have to push through with
> excessive force to close it off.

whoa, that's imaginative!

> 3) AoA couldn't get it to stop leaking without leaving the tabby thing in
> there partway.

That's more fact based than the other two...

> Heh... okay, maybe I haven't had _ANY_ coffee yet this morning!

oh, good idea...

-- 
Huw Powell

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82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250

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