Abstract: A plunger valve having a straight through passage closed by a cylindrical, elastic plunger. The plunger is movable at right angles to the through passage. It is connected to a screw-threaded stem by a retaining pin which is positioned in a longitudinal open bore of the plunger. In closed position of the valve, the retaining pin contacts the opposite wall of the through passage to limit the elastic deformation of the plunger. In open position of the valve, the retaining pin is slightly retracted within its bore. The retaining pin is rigidly fixed to the stem and is rotatable in the plunger, but the plunger is held non-rotatably in the valve body by circumferential friction. The retaining pin holds the plunger by a shoulder situated in the upper part of the plunger.