I just replaced my rear heater core and the valve o-ring is round. I also ordered a new o-ring before I bought the heater core thinking it might fix my leak, and it was round. My original heater had a flat seal. I personaly like the o-ring better as it has a little more "give" to it when tightening the plastic/nylon bleeder screw than my original with it's flat seal which was made of a hard material. I was always scared of snaping the bleeder screw off, so I also bought a spare bleeder screw and it also came with an o-ring. I do not know the size but it is a pretty tight fit on the bleeder screw. Pascal '84 Westy
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:45:28 -0700, Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> wrote: >Can anyone tell me whether the rear heater valve O-ring for an '88 Vanagon >might be a common size? Part # 861 819 297 > >Mine is brittle and cracked, so it's hard to tell the size of the original - if I can >get one locally it would save me some time... > >Thanks.-- >Shawn Wright >http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright >~This message sent by Pegasus Mail, the safe E-Mail alternative~ >"Friends don't let friends use Outlook" |
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