Q:My AC leaks and mechanic says it is shrader valve. Is it expensive?

A Schrader valve is a simple push valve used to keep pressure inside a container or system, while making it easy to add more pressure when required. The valve stems on your car's tires are Schrader valves. The PARTS to replace a valve are fairly cheap, but labor and materials to repair an AC system may run the bill up.

Q:My son was born with bicuspid aortic valve which has developed a leak. He is now on enalipril 2x per day to decrease the afterflow and buy some time before he has to have surgery, but the doctor has discussed our options and we basically have to choose when it comes down to it, whether we go with a valve repair, or valve replacement and if we do replacement we can do mechanical or donated valve or The Ross procedure. And he will probably be under 5 yrs old when this needs done, (he's 2 now) so I would like to keep him off of coumadin (blood thinner) so he can play sports in school if he would like. But I also want to do what is the best for him long term. Any advice would be helpful. thanks

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Q:I just got my trumpet today.And its playing fine.Now its not playing.When i play im blowing air into it but its not going through.Its like im trying to blow air through solid meatel.and everytime in blow into it.The slide with the ring on it (sorry i just got the trumpet,im not really sure what the parts are) it keeps falling off.Its like its waay too loose.Help please

get it back to the store where you bought it or to a repair shop. This is a very unusual thing.

Q:After shutting off the hot and cold water lines to my washer to remove the unit from my laundry room i noticed a small leak coming from the hot water valve as if the valve is not completely closing. The valves themselves should be roughly 10 years old and were extremely tight when attempting to close them, my question is how big of a job is this to replace the water valve? Is it as simple as turning off the main water to the house and replacing the valve or are these typically soldered on? Currently i just ran the hose for the hot water to the drain line to prevent water from leaking onto the floor so is this something that is a fairly non issue once i hook the lines back up to the washer and turn them back on? Or is this something i should get addressed asap?

Not to sound insulting but the hose will have water left in after you turn the valve off , use a bucket and drain the house before you go tearing things apart. You really do not have to change the whole valve if that is the case, there is a rubber washer inside of the valve which may be worn or distorted from over tightening of the valve.Either way you have to drain the system I would tell you to attend one of the plumbing classes at Home depot to learn what to do they hold them all of the time .

Q:I have a 1994 Toyota 4x4 pickup with the 4 cylinder motor. How do I check to see if the pvc valve works?

pull the pcv valve out and shake it, if it rattles, its good, also check to see if its working. start your truck and check for suction, by putting your thumb over the valve, if no suction, take the hose off and clean out the hose and fitting, its probably clogged up.

Q:In one of the two bathrooms - that we rarely used - I recently found that shower has now only hot water running. The valve is Moen brand with a single knob. On turning this, I get no cold water, but just hot water. I removed the knob, and decided to maybe replace the cartidge, but could not make any headway, after removing the acrylic knob. First, do I need to remove the cartridge?If yes, how? Is it possible to remove it without removing the back-plate glued to the Tile walls? Will appreciate detailed instructions to remove or fix the valve?thanks

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Q:1995 Yukon need valve lash adj- how and hat tools?

remove valve covers, watch front left two lifters and turn engine, by bolt that holds harmonic dampener to front of crankshaft, so mark on dampener lines up with mark on front cover. If rocker arms do not move as marks line up engine should be on top dead center number 1 cylinder. Now you can adjust exhaust valves 1, 3, 4, 8 and intake valves 1, 2, 5, 7 [ odd numbers are on the left bank from the front 1,3,5,7 even on the right bank from the front 2,4,6,8]. Adjust by turning nut in rocker arm out until movement is felt than tighten until all movement is gone and tighten one turn more. After done with the first eight valves turn engine over one full turn till marks line up again. Then adjust exhaust valves 2,5,6,7 and intake valves 3,4,6,8 the same way.

Q:where on the motor is the valves location

The idle air control valve can be found under the throttle body. In order to get to it: 1. Disconnect negative battery cable. 2. Remove air intake from throttle body. 3. Disconnect throttle body cable. 4. Disconnect sensor connectors from IAC valve, and throttle position sensor. 5. Remove 4 bolts from throttle body using 10mm socket wrench. 6. Take throttle body, turn bottom side up, remove 4 mounting screws from IAC Once you do that you have removed the IAC. Reverse the steps to put it back on starting at number 6 and working your way back to number one How do you replace an air idle control valve? Replacing an idle control valve can be a daunting task. For your specific application, we recommend to ask in our car forum for advice. Here we will describe the basic process for replacing your idle control valve. Please note that for different cars and trucks the process will not be the same. Steps to replace your idle control valve You will want to begin by first gaining access to the idle control valve. In order to do this you will need to remove the air filter assembly, along with the air mass sensor and the air mass meter boot. Once you remove this whole assembly, you should have easy access to the throttle body. Remove the four bolts that secure the throttle body to the intake manifold. Usually on the bottom of the throttle body, on fuel injected cars, there is a idle control valve. To remove the old valve, simply unscrew or unbolt it. Bolt on the new valve, and reinstall everything. Make sure you replace your throttle body gasket at this time.

Q:I am trying to repalce the water turnoof valve under my sink but the valve just keeps turning and no progress is made to get it off so I can put on a new one. I am turning it clockwise but it just keeps turning. Can someone please tell me how to get this off? I do not want to have to call a plumber for something that I might be able to fix myself.Thanks.Sandy

basically component to the diverter valve is broken, besides the undeniable fact that, it extremely is terrific to replace to total diverter stem. If their are 3 handles, you are able to do away with the middle one devoid of turning the water off. Then convey total stem with you to the ironmongery shop. There are quite some video clips on youtube and different ironmongery shop factors of interest in case you like help. good success.

Q:i have a 8v fiat punto...is it much work to add 2 valves to make it a 16v?

The number of valves used in an engine depends upon the design of the cylinder head. It may be possible to do a head swap of a 16v head onto a engine block that previously had an 8v head on it. - assuming that the blocks are of the same design. A piston change may also be required as well to make it work properly. All of this is big money , and would be cheaper to buy a complete 16v engine and transplant that as a complete unit , or trade the car and go buy a 16v Punto to begin with.