wadey Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi just a quickie , whilst having a spare hour , as you do I found myself underneath the hood, having a tinker with my cooling system due to having an ongoing slight overheating problem under load, decided to remove and check the 3 way valve thingy which comes from the top of rad and top near thermo, one of the pipes breaks off!!!! as where i am will take a while to get a replacement, i decided to open up the valve to see how it works, and seems to me it just connects the three together basically , so as a temp measure , I made up a three way joint from 10 mm gas pipe fittings, is this likely to work untill I get a replacement, or does the valve have a secret function i did not spot??? Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek0974 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 If there were no hidden bits in it will work just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozsug Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi just a quickie , whilst having a spare hour , as you do I found myself underneath the hood, having a tinker with my cooling system due to having an ongoing slight overheating problem under load, decided to remove and check the 3 way valve thingy which comes from the top of rad and top near thermo, one of the pipes breaks off!!!! as where i am will take a while to get a replacement, i decided to open up the valve to see how it works, and seems to me it just connects the three together basically , so as a temp measure , I made up a three way joint from 10 mm gas pipe fittings, is this likely to work untill I get a replacement, or does the valve have a secret function i did not spot??? Wade Hi Wade Yes that will work. Just a note re youre overheating underload, have you read my thread for ideas? http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=61890 Cheers Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper109 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 That connector is just a way of allowing air to escape from the system both from the top of the rad and the thermostat housing. I think its shaped the way it is to discourage the bubbles from getting trapped. I recently had a slight overheating problem also. The needle would climb on very long gradients. Mine ended up being a partially plugged up radiator and a good pressure flush (water plus compressed air) at a local radiator shop fixed it in seconds. Some black rubbery stuff was forced out of the passages. It runs cool now. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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