Heater Valves

[clarkei]

Bought 4 now and all seem to leak either around the spindle or from the body of the valve where the steels seems to be crimped to the alloy. Bought from Minispeed, Moss and a couple of other suppliers. I am guessing they are all sourced from the same place anyway. Any suggestins welcome

1980 1275GT

[clarkei]

Had hoped to keep it original looking. The problem is the poor crimping alloy against the steel. Suppliers must know this. The one I have at the moment is so poor that the steel plate moves freely.

I think I will just blank it off with a thin steel blank under the heater valve and block the return pipe nearest to the radiator

Thanks for your help. Will look out at Beaulieu to see what others have done.

[clarkei]

Thanks everyone.

Followed the advice and reversed the fix. Went to Minispeed and they said simply crimping the valve properly would work. A few minutes in the vice and hey presto it worked. Beaulieu and back, no leaks, ran like a dream.

so thank you everyone.