Been thinking about installing valves on the heater hose inlet and outlet in case of hose failure, has anyone had a hose failure from the engine foreward to the heater register?
Most susceptible section of the heater hose is that in the engine room-- heat, petroleum products, exposure to the elements.......
The least susceptible is in the basement area.
Unless really unusual failure, use a metal barb to barb fitting and replace the engine room section. Installing a ball valve at the junction is not a bad idea.
Nancy, Does this help answer your question?
http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=5316.msg21882#msg21882
Heater core meltdown... Received wrong part from FOT (http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=27635.msg226671#msg226671)
http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=7593.msg33113#msg33113