Replacement hose kit for Coolant Bypass Valve

[photousa]

Thanks, I got one too.

Do you have a link for that part? I can't seem to find it. Thanks

[MI-Roger]

Do you have a link for that part? I can't seem to find it. Thanks

Use the Search box on eEuro's site to locate the following part number: 54-63-252

They only had three after shipping mine out this morning, 900Aero bought one of those three, and I posted this info on two Saab boards. eEuroparts may already be out of stock but they also said more are on the way when they identified a remaining stock of only three.

http://www.eeuroparts.com/Parts/Part...rtCode=5463252

[photousa]

Thanks Roger

[MI-Roger]

I received my new hose set on Monday. I eagerly opened the box from eEuroparts to learn the manufacturer of the hose set. Guess what? It is MacKay again! I was expecting a new manufacturer since this part no longer appears in the MacKay on-line catalogs.

[jschunke]

Hi,
I recently replaced a coolant bypass valve on my brother's 2007 Aero.
The cuts on my hands are evidence!

Now I can't find the vacuum line that goes to the top of the valve, nor
do I know where the vacuum line(s) to solenoid (that sits under the
valve) originate.

From the picture above, it seems that the top of the coolant bypass valve
goes to the solenoid attached below it.

There must be another line that goes to the solenoid. Can someone please
tell me where that line comes from. I see a loose vacuum line that appears
to come from the top of the transmission (towards the front of the engine),
Is that it?

Mucho gras,
Eli

[photousa]

Hi,
I recently replaced a coolant bypass valve on my brother's 2007 Aero.
The cuts on my hands are evidence!

Now I can't find the vacuum line that goes to the top of the valve, nor
do I know where the vacuum line(s) to solenoid (that sits under the
valve) originate.

From the picture above, it seems that the top of the coolant bypass valve
goes to the solenoid attached below it.

There must be another line that goes to the solenoid. Can someone please
tell me where that line comes from. I see a loose vacuum line that appears
to come from the top of the transmission (towards the front of the engine),
Is that it?

Mucho gras,
Eli

If I were replacing my CBV, I would be looking at the photo on page 1 of this thread,
to me, it appears to show where everything gets hooked up..

[photousa]

I suspect that the coolant bypass valve that the PO installed at around 100K miles is leaking, so I finally purchased the coolant bypass hose set and am set to install it when the weather in Chicago improves. Roger, my question is, when you remove the vacuum line (entirely) from the top of the CBV that attaches to the solenoid, do you just put some type of plug on the barbed nipple on the solenoid valve, sealing it up, or do you just unplug the vacuum line from the CBV and use some type of plug on that end of the vacuum line and then zip tie the vacuum line up out of the way? From your earlier post it looks like you are saying to remove all of the vacuum lines from that solenoid, so just needed some help with this one before I tackle the job.

[MI-Roger]

Hey Photo -

Remove the vacuum lines from the electrically actuated solenoid. Follow the input vacuum line back to where it originates at a Tee fitting. Here you have two choices. I removed the barbed Tee and replaced it with a straight-thru barbed connector to eliminate the unused leg. Or you can leave the Tee in place and blank the now unused leg with a vacuum tube cap designed for this purpose. Others plug the leg of the Tee with a machine screw but that is too "Shade Tree" for my tastes. The cost to do either of the other options is less than fifty cents.

You must leave the solenoid electrically connected to the car's systems. I routed mine over to the right side of the main wiring loom running along the firewall and zip-tied it in place to keep it secure and out of the way.

[photousa]

Hey Photo -

Remove the vacuum lines from the electrically actuated solenoid. Follow the input vacuum line back to where it originates at a Tee fitting. Here you have two choices. I removed the barbed Tee and replaced it with a straight-thru barbed connector to eliminate the unused leg. Or you can leave the Tee in place and blank the now unused leg with a vacuum tube cap designed for this purpose. Others plug the leg of the Tee with a machine screw but that is too "Shade Tree" for my tastes. The cost to do either of the other options is less than fifty cents.

You must leave the solenoid electrically connected to the car's systems. I routed mine over to the right side of the main wiring loom running along the firewall and zip-tied it in place to keep it secure and out of the way.

Thanks for your explanation Roger, that helped. I like your solution of just replacing the barbed tee with a straight-thru barbed connector. I'll have to find the straight thru barbed connector before taking on the job. Maybe I'll get the chance to replace any remaining rubber lines with silicone while I'm at it.

[Mike Brennan]

I need to figure this out. This summer when I install the McKay kit I know I have to leave the CBV Solenoid connected d to the cars electrics. The question I have is this: Is that the Solenoid that is riveted to the CBV and, as such, am I to drill the rivets out?