06' Ford Explorer 4.0 Heater Control Valve

I was doing a replacement of the thermostat housing AGAIN when I noticed the heater control valve was a little wet with coolant. There will be a video of the thermostat housing replacement with some added mods, so stay tuned for that.

The hoses attached to the heater control valve can take some time to remove due to the quality of the hoses themselves or the amount of time they have been installed to the valve. The installation is actually really easy once you take the old valve out. I did this replacement because I saw the valve a little wet and didn't feel like waiting for it to leave me stranded in the future.

Note: If you are only replacing the heater control valve, simply add the coolant back and bleed the system.

Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
1:42 Drain the engine cooling system
8:41 Location of the heater control valve
10:00 Remove the intake pipe to have access to the heater control valve
14:00 Remove the small vacuum hose off of the valve
14:37 Type of pliers that will help a lot when taking the clamps off
16:24 Move to the side the 4 clamps holding the hoses to the valve
19:10 Remove the hoses off of the valve (this is the time-consuming part)
28:49 The old valve is out
30:05 Install the new heater control valve

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