Heater core valve

[cuda426]

My heater core valve is in the off position but I'm still getting some coolant into the heater core. Looks like in the off position the valve has the coolant flowing in a loop. I'd like to install a shutoff valve between the heater core and the exisiting valve any thoughts?
Thanks

 

[Challenger RTA]

The is a small hole built into most valves 1/16"? It allows coolant flow to help prevent corrosion.

I don't think I ever seen a shut off with out a hole or shut off completely.

 

[cuda426]

The is a small hole built into most valves 1/16"? It allows coolant flow to help prevent corrosion.

I don't think I ever seen a shut off with out a hole or shut off completely.

thank you, it's unbearably hot with that small amount of coolant flow to the heater core. What if I just plug the two ports coming out of the water pump housing. I'll never require heat for this car. It has a Hemi 426 engine and generates a lot of heat.

 

[Xcudame]

I've never tried it, but I posted on another thread, of putting plugs into the two pipe fittings coming out of the pump housing. That way you can leave the hoses on and it looks like they're hooked up. Of course putting plugs in the water pump housing and eliminating the hoses altogether will work too!

 

[MILOJ]

You can use this type

https://www.amazon.com/Hooshing-Barbed-Valve-Solid-Clamps/dp/B0DFCD1HZW?gQT=1&th=1

 

[Challenger RTA]

By any chance did you look to see if the valve is intact and working?
Might be moving but it's rotted away?
Old Navy term KISS.
Take no offence to the below. It's just how I think.
"K.I.S.S." redirects here. For other uses, see Kiss (disambiguation).
KISS, an acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid!", is a design principle first noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960.[1][2] First seen partly in American English by at least 1938, KISS implies that simplicity should be a design goal. The phrase has been associated with aircraft engineer Kelly Johnson.[3] The term "KISS principle" was in popular use by 1970.[4] Variations on the phrase (usually as some euphemism for the more churlish "stupid") include "keep it super simple", "keep it simple, silly", "keep it short and simple", "keep it short and sweet", "keep it simple and straightforward",[5] "keep it small and simple", "keep it simple, soldier",[6] "keep it simple, sailor", "keep it simple, sweetie",[7] "keep it stupidly simple", or "keep it sweet and simple".

 

[cuda426]

You can use this type

http://[URL]https://www.amazon.com/Hooshing-Barbed-Valve-Solid-Clamps/dp/B0DFCD1HZW?gQT=1&th=1

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That's the exact type I had ordered. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks, again.