Q:My 10 year old boy was diagnosed with a leaking heart valve yesterday.The Doctor is trying to get him in to see a specialist asap.She didn't seem that concerned with it,but I don't know if she was just trying to keep us calm about it.How serious is this,and is surgery the only way to fix it,or do they have meds for this condition.

If the medical doctors say might, then he ought to get his valve mounted in might. think of approximately it. you could stay with purely area of your liver, purely one kidney, and you will possibly be able to stay devoid of your gall bladder. yet you could not stay devoid of your coronary heart, all muscle groups and chambers and valves! it particularly is not a sturdy time for him? What ought to probable be greater significant than getting his coronary heart mounted?

Q:Also please tell me why globe valves are preffered for Landing valves in wet risers in firefighting and gate valves in dryrisers..

Robert A has a pretty good answer. A point of clarification. Gate and globle valves can be manufactured of various materials from steel to plastic. I am not sure what a landing valve is but I would expect most valves in a fire fighting system to be gate valves. As previously stated, gate valves are typically open or closed and globe valves are used for controlling flow. You need to view their function in this light in trying to understand why one or the other is used in a fire fighting system.

Q:i have a '96 buick skylark and my check engine light is on...i got it checked and the test said it was my EGR valve. does anyone know how to explain in lamens terms how to replace my EGR valve??????

The EGR recirculates exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. It is usually two bolts, and sits ontop of the intake manifold. Usually pretty easy to change youself. Unhook the single vacuume line, take out the two bolts, and reverse the installation! Zach

Q:Can a leaking car tyre valve be repaired/ replaced, or is it more viable to get a new tyre fitted with a new valve?

That's spelled Tire Valve. It takes about 30 seconds to replace the valve core stem in the tire valve. Most any shop can do it, or pick up a Valve stem tool and spare stems at your local Auto Parts Store. Most are around $5 total. Many tire shops would do this free or just a few dollars without ever taking the car inside.

Q:We have a main gas valve outside and there's a gas valve by out air condition and we want to know which way if off and on .. Does anybody know !!!

If it is at a right angle to the gas line, and will travel no farther it is off. In other words, if you can turn it halfway, and it stops, it's off. (that's the way mine is, but don't take my word for it.)

Q:So i was looking for car parts and i was using my favorite website, and i was looking at turbos which are wicked costly. But i saw some blow off valves which i have heard about before. But i was wondering if you need a turbo in order to have a blow off valve installed into your car. And if you don't my next question would be is it hard to put one in and how?? Thank you for your time..

A blowoff valve goes onto your intake or the piping from your turbocharger to make sure that you dont run to much pressure they are adjustable to whatever pressure you desire. Usually people running a positive displacement blower or a turbochargers run them. That being said I'm sure that you could put one on your car but without a power adder it would never blow off. Except in the case of a intake manifold overpressure such as a backfire.

Q:This is my first tranny install and there is one thing that i really think i f'd up on. I'v been installing a junk yard 700r4 and transfer case into this beater 1990 k1500. Everything is in i'm just waiting on a new throttle valve cable (detent cable) to put it. But me, being my first tranny install, thought that the piece inside of the transmission that the detent cable attatches too.....came out. which i later found out that it doesn't, and that the TV cable just connects to it. I yanked on it pretty good with some pliers, and it never came out, and it still moves up and down. My question is could i have done some serious damage to that peice and the throttle valve itself???? let me know what u think.... thanks!

The only thing i can think you could have done i bent the peice that comes out of the trans. If the throttle valve still returns like a spring when you pull it with your fingers and you can still hook the tv cable to it it should be fine. unhook the tv cable at the carb or throttle body to hook it to the valve then hook it back to the carb or throttle body.

Q:I think the piece leaking is a valve;it is one solid piece of copper with two tubes, one which is a half inch that connectsinto the incoming hot water and then a small outgoing one that connects to the faucet and I don't know how to find a replacement part .. I think it is a Delta but I am not sure ... the house is 10 years old but where can I just find a valve instead of replacing the entire faucet if I don't know what the make or model is ?Any websites with pics of replacement valves for Roman Tubs??

Remove the valve and take it to a plumbing supply store. Home Depot and the like may have what you're looking for; but you're more likely to find it at a plumber's supply. They are the only ones I've ever found who carry odd bits.

Q:i have an 87' monte carlo ss, 64K on 305 w/ cam, headers, roller rockers and springs. ive been seeing blue smoke out of my exhaust ALOT during start up, but it also continues to smoke at idle, i've been told it's a good chance i need my valve seals replaced and was wondering what the general ballpark was assuming there was no other complications in the process of replacing these?

well,if your valve seal,do go bad look for oil,in tail pipe,to check for bad head gasket,pressure check spark plug,with a pressure gauge,full charge battery,ingition coil off,stop from starting,remove all spark plug,strew in gauge ,checking one at a time,if two spark plugs close together read low gasket is blown,between the two,also try over flow pipe on car take off,from reservor white container,put end in a clear ,water jug,start car,run for awhile,see if you see air bubbles,in clear jar,blown gasket,but.be carful doing these tests,u-can also watch u-tube,to see how these.thing are done..

Q:I got a new gas stove, but I can't find a shut off valve to take the old one out and put the new one in. There isnt one behind the stove on the line, and i went under the house and followed the gasline and didnt find one down there either. Can any one give me ideas where else to look?

call the gas company and they can help, probably shut the gas off at the meter