found the same in a rear heater I took apart. Flow modifier? Its a
puzzler.

alistair
On 1-Apr-11, at 12:20 PM, Ray Brubaker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had a leak at the rear heater that turned out to be the o-ring
> where the
> control valve is bolted to the core flange. When I opened it up I
> found
> pieces of white plastic caught in the control valve that look like
> twisted
> flat noodle about 3/16" wide. Where could this have come from? Is it
> of any
> concern? The pieces are very brittle so I don't think it would hurt
> the pump
> if it got that far. This van has an ALH TDI diesel engine.
>
> Thanks for any advice, a great list,
>
> Ray