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Low quality MTC heater control valve 700

posted by  N7SC on  Tue Aug 3 04:59 CST 2010
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The cheap and poorly made MTC heater control valve that I got from FCPGroton and installed only about 18 months ago broke apart, which I think could be called a catastrophic failure. The car blew out all its coolant very quickly and overheated.

In the photo below, the bent shaft on the distributor seems to be pointing at the body of the heater control valve. There should be a big nipple on the black plastic part of the valve pointing back at the bent dist shaft, but you'll notice there is not. The big nipple broke completely off of the valve and allowed the coolant to blow out very quickly. Never, never again am I going to use MTC parts. Period.

Bent dist. and broken heater valve
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1955 Human, Scott; 1991 745 Turbo, Brunhilde; 1990 745GL, Snuggle Bunny






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