i have a leak

[Danny]

You don't even have an e30 farbin!!!!!!!!!

[dude8383]

^ Famous last words.

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[Farbin Kaiber]

^ Famous last words.

[Danny]

Rtv seems to be holding it fairly well today. I'll pick one up anyways for when it fails.

[genocide98]

RTV or silicone wont hold, I've tried it.

I ended up pulling the entire solenoid out and making a plastic plate to keep it open 24/7 because I didn't have $200 and I couldn't find a good one in the parts yard. It sucked having the heater on 100% the whole time, but my AC didn't work anyway.

You don't have to remove the dash, just the center console and knee bolster/kick panel. Pulling the drivers seat makes it easier, and having a few towels on hand to catch or mop up the water that will undoubtedly come from the heater control and core.

I recommend backflushing the cooling system or replacing the heater core while you're at it.

[Danny]

PM'd

[jrdeamicis]

A lot..... Tomorrow works well. All day.

[Danny]

Okay when are you free?

[jrdeamicis]

Ill just give you mine.. Come grab it @ my place in SF

[Danny]

If the magic of rtv doesn't fix it, I'll snag the part off ebay.

[Atreus]

just pull out your driver seat and get to work... those little screws/bolts are the worst.... have fun with that, make sure you have some towels ready too.

[Danny]

When I get home I'm gonna throw some rtv around the part that's leaking and see if that helps for now, if not, oh well.

[FredK]

That is more trouble than it's worth, because the valve is held in place by a triangular flange, and is made watertight with an o-ring. You'd have to do some real hacking to get things to be watertight with a bypass pipe. You can usually get a used valve for like $20. Get a used valve.

[Danny]

What would happen if I just replaced the valve with a straight piece of pipe? I have no ac so it wouldn't matter to me if my heat was on all he time. I always just shut all the vents anyway and have the windows down when its hot. Thoughts?

[Gnarles]

you can get to it without pulling the dash.

check this out:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=98782