Date:         Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:09:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Leaking heater control valve
Comments: To: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAK9Aa+m2XmNxdO6HzWD1Uv4fUfMEwHT6x-hQjTwdPH5KPQ4cpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey Bruce!

All ok?.

How you like the rain? Even in rain shadowed spot I live in it’s pretty week full on west coast fall.

Must be more damp over in Whistler :-)

Hole you nippled the heater, you’ll need all the heat.

Cheers

Alistair 

> On Sep 15, 2021, at 6:12 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am heading out Friday on a short trip to head out into the back

> country with a few other van owners and I noticed a small stain under the
> front clam shell this afternoon.
> 
> It looks like it is dripping from the heater control valve.  I shut the
> valve and that has stopped the drips for now.  I have yet to run the van to
> see if that continues to keep things at bay.
> 
> So my question is - but shutting the valve will that hopefully me from
> losing coolant  for the short term until it is replaced?  And will there be
> any ramifications for turning off the valve - other than I will likely
> not be getting much heat in the front of the cab?
> 
> Bruce