2007 Ford Explorer Heater Control Valve

I smelled some coolant the other day when I got out of my Ford Explorere. I tracked it down to a bad heater control valve. It was a bit more of an adventure than I wanted to make it, but I got it done.

[@travisha948]

Thank you. Very useful

[@juanmanuel8329]

You got the right part 👍

[@juanmanuel8329]

Just wanted to see the direction of the vacume line it goes up

[@franciscoadolfo5805]

Nice video. I was curious about the location of the arrow on the valve.

[@Misunderstoodboygenius]

I don’t remember an arrow on mine. I just installed as removed.

[@franciscoadolfo5805]

@@Misunderstoodboygenius when I took mine out was while doing other repairs, and did not pay much attention to position. I reinstalled it by "logic". I have a bad vacuum switch so the heater valve is getting no vacuum so it stays open. While looking into this stuff, I noticed the arrow on the housing and started to doubt my installation. Although other videos do show original installation as yours. I am going to close it manually to see if it keeps the core side cold, if it does, I am going to leave it 😀

[@6thavekid]

@@franciscoadolfo5805if it closes it by manuallly doing this will this help with a/c

[@PedroHernandez-rw1xi]

I have a 2006 Ford explorer what does the heater valve look like

[@Misunderstoodboygenius]

No idea.

[@bernardonunez9611]

Can that cause my ford explorer not to throw heat in cabin ??

[@Misunderstoodboygenius]

I’m not sure in your case but if it’s stuck closed it certainly won’t. The other problem might be the blending doors in the cabin. The actuators can go bad too.

[@bernardonunez9611]

@@Misunderstoodboygenius changed both on my explorer !! It throws really lil heat on fan speed 1 .. once I go on speed 2 3 4 . The little heat air goes cool

[@Misunderstoodboygenius]

@@bernardonunez9611 you’ve got deeper problems then. Maybe a plugged heater core. It’s impossible to tell through the internet.