Jesusknievel

excuse my ignorance, but i'm not sure haha. what is the difference?

thanks for all the information. I pulled the heater control valve yesterday from the car. I checked and I do have an ea71. Do you have a part# or could you point me in the right direction on where to buy one? Thanks

First off, let me say this forum has been a great tool for a complete subaru novice like myself. I cant count how many times I've used these forums to help me through my project. ok, onto where i need help: I was having heating issues in my car; no biggie since i bought it in august and it made a 5 hour trip back to my place no problem. Long story short found out it was the heater control valve that was sticking and not allowing the knob on the console to open and close. I was able to loosen it up and get it to move freely(well freely enough), put back the dash and interior(i wanted to redo the interior and dash anyways so wasnt too mad when i found out the heater core didnt need removed haha) Anyways today fired it up....Heat baby!!! hell yeah, feeling good drove it around for a few minutes and parked it. upon getting out i noticed coolant leaking onto the carpet. Upon further inspection i noticed it was leaking form the control valve and not the heater core itslef. Soooo... with winter right around the corner and many other projects that I need done too.... I'm looking for a quick fix for the leak. I'm debating whether I should just goop around where it seals, or maybe just taking the control valve out and just running hoses to bypass it and just have constant heat in the winter. So basically I'm wondering if anyone has any pics or diagrams on how the valve and heater core lines are ran (on the inside of the car) or how anyone else bypassed it with some pics ... or should i just goop it and say screw it and deal with it later?