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I have a 03 F350 SD. I was looking under the hood a saw a strange valve in my line that goes to the heater core. What is ? How does it work? Is It good to have it on my new SD? I hope some one out there knows what this thing is?
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ive heard of some guys putting in a valve to shut off the coolant going to the heater core to make the a/c colder. i dont think that it is needed because the a/c already spits out ice cubes
but i guess that it would work. my a/c is cold enough even for texas
but i guess that it would work. my a/c is cold enough even for texas
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Originally posted by usmccowboy
ive heard of some guys putting in a valve to shut off the coolant going to the heater core to make the a/c colder...
ive heard of some guys putting in a valve to shut off the coolant going to the heater core to make the a/c colder...
With a '03, I don't think that is the case. Do you have a pic of this valve?
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It says the valve is for the powerstroke, but I can't think of any reason why it would not work on a V-10. Anyone else?
Will it allow flow through the heater core in all other modes?
If so, what exactly is it doing so that it only works in MAX mode?
My a/c does not cool my cab and it has been checked out several times by the dealer.
Will it allow flow through the heater core in all other modes?
If so, what exactly is it doing so that it only works in MAX mode?
My a/c does not cool my cab and it has been checked out several times by the dealer.
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The news that I am getting is that with that valve in the heater core line. On Max A/C it shuts off the coolant flow to the heater core. On the max a/c you can go fromcold to hot, with no change it the air temp from the vents. I have this on my 03 SD. But the temp still works. It will get hot, on the hot setting. I talked to the dealership, they said that in works the way it's suppose to. But this mod shuts down coolant in the max a/c setting. It is the same thing. Why does ford's valve act different? Some one must know the answer. I hope I could get my point across.
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I'm knocking this back to the top since the last two posts had questions that have gone unanswered. (and I had one of them!
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Can anyone help out?
)Can anyone help out?
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I just added the heater core shutoff to my 2000 gasser... it works just fine, although I need a hot day to see if the AC is noticably cooler.
-IKE
-IKE
Last edited by run8; Apr 29, 2003 at 08:12 PM.
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