Oh and to add to the recommendation that you dump the valve and just connect the hoses…. Big rain this weekend in our area. You’ll need the heat for “defrogging”

:-)

Alistair 

> On Sep 15, 2021, at 6:12 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am heading out Friday on a short trip to head out into the back
> country with a few other van owners and I noticed a small stain under the
> front clam shell this afternoon.
> 
> It looks like it is dripping from the heater control valve.  I shut the
> valve and that has stopped the drips for now.  I have yet to run the van to
> see if that continues to keep things at bay.
> 
> So my question is - but shutting the valve will that hopefully me from
> losing coolant  for the short term until it is replaced?  And will there be
> any ramifications for turning off the valve - other than I will likely
> not be getting much heat in the front of the cab?
> 
> Bruce