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Title: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: surfguitar58 on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 07:14:19 AM

DPO's handywork in the "V" of the frame. I can't find this pipe anywhere in the parts manual. What am I looking at here?
Thanks,
Tom

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: tedtaylor on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 07:21:12 AM

heater hose?

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: surfguitar58 on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 07:28:17 AM

Quote from: tedtaylor on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 07:21:12 AM

heater hose?

That was my guess. It would seem to want to go to the "heater control valve" which is... where? I think my DPO may have removed the heating system entirely. Being a summer-only car I have never attempted to turn the heater on.
t

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: jbcollier on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 07:42:37 AM

Yes. heater pipes.  You can see the one on the other side as well.

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: surfguitar58 on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 09:04:14 AM

Where does the heater valve tee into the cooling system in a TCS, normally?
t

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: tedtaylor on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 10:02:33 AM

right off the thermostat housing.   one plug for temp sending unit, the other for heater control valve.

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: EuropaTC on Monday,June 03, 2019, 12:51:15 AM

Quote from: surfguitar58 on Sunday,June 02, 2019, 09:04:14 AM

Where does the heater valve tee into the cooling system in a TCS, normally?

I think this is fairly standard. What you can't see here is the pipe heading down towards the rear Y section and on to the steel tubes in the chassis. 
Brian

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: Certified Lotus on Monday,June 03, 2019, 02:54:49 AM

Here is another view:

Title: Re: Capped-off Pipe in Frame: What am I looking at here?
Post by: surfguitar58 on Monday,June 03, 2019, 04:50:53 AM

Thanks guys;
Yep, heater valve is clearly missing on mine. No ski trips in this Europa. I'll have to check if I even have a heater core. I suspect weight obsessed PO probably took that out too.
Tom