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[andyapanel]

Who supplied it? We could do with sharing info on good and bad suppliers.

[whistler]

I replaced my inline valve with a standard plumbing 28mm inline valve. The one with a screwdriver slot on top. No problem now.

 
I'm very interested to know how that works. Can you control it from the cabin? Would you mind posting some photos? Thanks!

Just fit in the same place as the cable valve. Manually operated. I leave it open most of the time. Picture is of a 22mm but the 28mm looks the same. Saves me ripping my arm every time I'm messing under bonnet.

You can just see it hiding under the other heater pipe.

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[riczito]

Who supplied it? We could do with sharing info on good and bad suppliers.

 

Hi, I'm not sure I can be of much help there : I live in Paris, and I got my parts from Datch.fr, a local Mini specialist. I think they get the parts from Mini Spares, but in this case it came in an anonymous cardboard box, with no supplier logo on it. They have just informed me that there is only one manufacturer of these parts, and that the quality is often mediocre. They are offering a full refund. In the meantime I put the old original heater valve back. There was nothing really wrong with it apart from a little stiffness. I am overhauling the heating system and I replaced it as a matter of course. Wish I hadn't now!

[riczito]

 

 

I replaced my inline valve with a standard plumbing 28mm inline valve. The one with a screwdriver slot on top. No problem now.

 
I'm very interested to know how that works. Can you control it from the cabin? Would you mind posting some photos? Thanks!

 

Just fit in the same place as the cable valve. Manually operated. I leave it open most of the time. Picture is of a 22mm but the 28mm looks the same. Saves me ripping my arm every time I'm messing under bonnet.

You can just see it hiding under the other heater pipe.

 

 

Hi, brilliant, thanks! So presumably this means you have the heater on all the time? Apart from in warm weather, presumably Not sure if I could live with that. It must get pretty toasty in the cabin, right?

[DeadSquare]

 

 

 

I replaced my inline valve with a standard plumbing 28mm inline valve. The one with a screwdriver slot on top. No problem now.

 
I'm very interested to know how that works. Can you control it from the cabin? Would you mind posting some photos? Thanks!

 

Just fit in the same place as the cable valve. Manually operated. I leave it open most of the time. Picture is of a 22mm but the 28mm looks the same. Saves me ripping my arm every time I'm messing under bonnet.

You can just see it hiding under the other heater pipe.

 

 

Hi, brilliant, thanks! So presumably this means you have the heater on all the time? Apart from in warm weather, presumably Not sure if I could live with that. It must get pretty toasty in the cabin, right?

 

 

I have a sliding glass panel in the door, that I can open if it gets "toasty"

[whistler]

I replaced my inline valve with a standard plumbing 28mm inline valve. The one with a screwdriver slot on top. No problem now.

 
I'm very interested to know how that works. Can you control it from the cabin? Would you mind posting some photos? Thanks!

Just fit in the same place as the cable valve. Manually operated. I leave it open most of the time. Picture is of a 22mm but the 28mm looks the same. Saves me ripping my arm every time I'm messing under bonnet.

You can just see it hiding under the other heater pipe.

 
Hi, brilliant, thanks! So presumably this means you have the heater on all the time? Apart from in warm weather, presumably Not sure if I could live with that. It must get pretty toasty in the cabin, right?

Mini heater's not that good. Lol. I don't have the fresh air hose connected so heater only pushes air through when I turn on the fan.

[Wiggy]

Who supplied it? We could do with sharing info on good and bad suppliers.

Hi, I'm not sure I can be of much help there : I live in Paris, and I got my parts from Datch.fr, a local Mini specialist. I think they get the parts from Mini Spares, but in this case it came in an anonymous cardboard box, with no supplier logo on it. They have just informed me that there is only one manufacturer of these parts, and that the quality is often mediocre. They are offering a full refund. In the meantime I put the old original heater valve back. There was nothing really wrong with it apart from a little stiffness. I am overhauling the heating system and I replaced it as a matter of course. Wish I hadn't now!

Mine was stiff. The slidey bit of the valve gets silt caught up in it. Once I'd run it under the tap and opened and shut the valve loads of times it loosened up nicely.