So I have a 2.8l Firebird. My heater control valve started leaking and I realize these aftermarket parts store valves are complete brittle garbage. Can anyone recommend a good brand of the heater control valve and where to look for it? Don't want to deal with this again so rather get something quality. If I could, I would like to delete the valve since I always run the heat anyway but not sure how to go about that or where to find a union for that.




Thanks,

 

i found the autozone one was surprisingly well built

 

I needed to replace one of those and found that the plastic ones I could get at parts stores were kinda cheap junk, so back when they still had third gen cars at the JY I picked up several of the original ones that are bakelite or something like that. PM me with your email if you still need one

 

I ended up buying some NOS made in Mexico heater valves off of Ebay. Not sure if they are as good as the ones you have but I figure they are better than the current cheap China one's

 

Anything is better than Chinese. Taiwan is my go to for best auto parts, but Mexico is often decent too.