Hey guys. I need to replace the 'thingy' where the hose breaks off to go to the heater core (2 big hoses) and the AC. It's a vacuum controlled valve (looks plastic) and sits on top of the passenger side valve cover. Kind of just lays there on top. The bottom of it cracked a piece off when I dropped it against the valve cover...Anybody know what this is? I have a 305 tbi (92 rs). I tried to find a pik on here of it but no such luck. Unfortunately it seems to spray a bit with the heat on...and it's a little cold here so..lol. Let me know.
Jay

 

that thing in the picture, is called the heater control vavle, works on vaccum and diverts the coolant.

 

mine broke too and i replacet it with one of those help parts haha stupis little plastic piece and my vacume line thing broke off mine but i havent had any problems so far

 

Wha????

 

looks fine to me just a few spelling errors, i know i do it all the time.

 

pepboys carries them, just ask for a heater control valve for year make model, ect. its like 7 bux, i had to replace mine 2 yrs ago, hose connector just snapped off. prolly from fatigue

 

spare,when they crack apart they will throw coolant everywhere,the one on my 88 firebird broke while driving in town traffic,got one at autozone,i have a extra i carry in the IROC,just in case!!

 

Hey folks!
by the way,
After a engine swap i have lost the
vacuumline hose routing from the top of
heat.controlvalve.
anyone just go out looking for me???
Does it go to the plenum or what??
Thanks.

 

What do you need heat for? its hot as hell out here........

 

I hate the stupid heater valve because it does nothing but leak around the one hose when it's FREEZING cold. I replaced it with a new one back a few months ago and when it gets cold like the 20's and below the hose says lets drip a lot of coolant. I suppose the one hose should be replaced even though I did that a two years ago.

 

ya mine brock and antifrezze whnt all over the ***king place it sucked

 

same thing happend to me 2 years ago.....lucky i was only a mile from my house..