JUST BEHIND MY ALTINATOR, THERE IS THIS LIL FILTER LOOKING THING, I NOTICED ITS LEAKIN A LIL BIT OF RAIDIATOR FLUID, FROM THE ACTUAL UNIT,, ITS JUST A PLASTIC PIECE,, WHAT IS IT CALLED AND HOW MUCH DO THEY RUN?

 

Probably your heater control valve; does it have a thin vacuum line coming out of the top, with two heater hoses out of the bottom? Should cost $15 at the local parts store. Like you noticed, it's plastic- and by now its very brittle so don't try to tighten the clamps on it!! I've seen quite a few of those snap- and then the person's stranded.

 

i blew that tiny hose on that valve wide open doing donuts... man was that embarassing.... But I still got props for having the best donuts of the night

 

what years had that divertor valve? mine didn't have it.

 

Is what im talkin about called a diverter valve?? if so then you might not have one i guess if you got a 2.8l mine is a 3.1...

i guess it a good i dea if i get it replaced then huh?

 

a small leak can easily blow open if the car gets hot enough, i would replace it immediately.

 

you will deffinetly want to eplace it. I have gone threw 2 of them.

First went while at a stop light. Fortunetly I was also in front of a gas station and a parts store!!!. Second one was while replacing my head gaskets. Snapped like a tooth pick.

 

can u belive i called car quest today to buy one of these heater diverters and they told me that it was going to cost $403 to replace it.....he said he knew what i was talking about,so i decieded to call auto zone and they told me that they do not carry this part... so on a last chance before calling the junk yard,i got a hold of kargen's and they told me they have it and it's only $19.99 ....... anyone have any idea why car quest wanted to charge me sooo much????? i felt like finding a valve at the hardware store that i could use to keep it shut off, since i am not using the heater at all .

thank you everyone for ur post, reply's, and advice.i will get it checked out.......

 

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...pe=394&ptset=A



I wonder if car quest really knows what they talking about on this?

 

make sure you get the one that looks like the one in the picture on the link above. Every time I baught one they tried to sell me one that only had one inlet and one outlet. Then told me that the one in the picture is for the '93 Camaro. These chain stores only know how to read what the computer tells them, and if they are loaded with the wrong information that is what you get. Wrong information.

 

advance auto parts website usually has pictures of all the parts that you are looking for as well.