Engine Coolant HeaterValve

It appears the intended DesignLifeTime for this vehicle, assembled in 2000, was engineered for around 18yrs; starting in 2019, during nearly each Coolant system maintenance routine (ThermoStatValve, Hoses, FlushFill...) yet another original plastic part (ThermoStatHousing, HoseTeeFitting, RadiatorSideTank...) cracked & leaked. In 2020July, after installing new hoses In+Out of the HeaterValve, it started leaking. Like the ThermoStatHousing & Radiator, I replaced this leaky plastic valve with the AllMetal type below, common on 1970s+1980s vehicles.

FordMotorCraft# yL2z-18495-aa\yg368
* Plastic Actuator+Body, Crack+Leak
* 0i125HoseBarb, Set For Vac=CLOS
* 0i625HoseBarb Coolant NLet+OLet
* Factory Original

4SeasonsFactoryAir# 74603
* Metalic Actuator+Body
* 0i125HoseBarb Is Bent, Vac=CLOS
* 0i625HoseBarb Coolant NLet+OLet
* Installed 2020.0803

4SeasonsFactoryAir# 74604
* Metalic Actuator+Body
* 0i125HoseBarb Straight, Vac=OPEN
* 0i625HoseBarb Coolant NLet+OLet
* Reverse Operation, Did NOT Install

Links To Related Info

Thanks go to the brave souls who've preceded me in similar adventures & freely shared their experience below:

http://youtu.be/CZPJcSqaa08?t=95 Coolant HeaterValve Fix

http://youtu.be/GBSrBGha1w4?t=36 Coolant HeaterValve Fix

http://web.archive.org/web/20200920100659if_/https://www.explorerforum.com/forums/threads/stop-leak-coolant-additive-which-one.489558 Coolant Leak Fix: K-Seal