Heater Tap

evilgidget · #1 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007, 12:54 AM

Anyone ever fitted a heater tap to the heater hose on a sud/sprint/33?

I'm doing a bit of a revision to my heater box, but would like to stop the water flow to the heater core in order to shut the heat off.

I can get a universal 16mm tap which will fit, but it's just a tap (shuts the flow off completely to the heater) rather than a diverter to bypass the heater core and i'm concerned that the lack of flow around that area will do damage.

Anyone got any experience here?

77SudTi · #2 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007, 04:58 PM

some 33's came with a tap on the inlet heater line so it could be shut off, Putting one in won't cause any issues as it is just a small water circuit. The engine has its own much larger water circuit that the heater lines just branch off from.

evilgidget · #3 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 04:04 PM

Righto. I'll continue my experiment then

OOoohh the novel idea of a properly working air/c & heater system in a 33 - Who would have thought!

Thought i might as well ask to be sure that I didn't wreck anything (the small heater bypass hose to the overflow tank will get the job done I guess)