E30 heater recall valve

[bimmer630]

Is this valve designed to shut off flow to the core at a certain temp (240degrees?) Im pretty sure thats the point of it, so peoples legs dont get hit with hot water if the core decides it wants to pop....

Reason I ask is, when my S50 swap wasnt bled correctly and my fans were barely cooling anything, It got a bit hot a few times and during that time the heater in the car didnt work

[mikeedler]

It was probably air pockets in the system that weren't letting the coolant flow in the heater core. Euro cars never got that valve, so I am pretty sure that it was somethng to do with keeping peoples legs from getting splashed with hot water and a court case coming up.

[bimmer630]

Yeah I read an article about it.. Some guy with a benz got burned and started a big lawsuit so BMW put these valves in as a precaution but the lawsuit never came to fruition so it was all a waste of time

[Chuck C]

Those valves had a tendency to stick closed, especially after many years. Best to throw it away.

[reelizmpro]

Scanned this for those interested in official BMW NA recall letter sent out to the owners in the late 90's.

http://www.pdf-archive.com/2013/04/26/bmwe30coolantrecall/