Steaming Mad!

[PeterBergin at aol.com]

Have not used it 30 years.  I would get one that is not chunky as it  may 
plug up other stuff.  I would replace the core. or at least tear into  it to 
see what you got.
 
There is a heater control valve that lets the water flow through the  
heater.  
 
If you want to be cheep to you can get it fixed, take the two heater hoses, 
 unhook them and, get a plastic barbed fitting and bypass it.  Don't know  
where you live, but winter is almost here.
 
Good luck.
 
I think Silver Seal is a popular brand of stop leak.
 
Pete
 
 
In a message dated 12/2/2012 4:39:44 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
adamgratz at gmail.com writes:

It feels  like coolant, slippery, but no sweet taste. It's the Pentosin  
blue, propylene glycol I believe, which may or may not taste sweet  like 
ethylene glycol does. Both things could be true at the  same time, leaking water 
from plugged drains and leaking heater core. The  steam is pretty dramatic. 
My wonder is, why would the heater core get hot if  the climate control is 
off?   

I am very tempted to try stop leak, as much as I hate the idea. Any brand  
you prefer?

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Bernie Benz <_b.benz at charter.net_ 
(mailto:b.benz at charter.net) > wrote:

He’d been cleaning rust and scale from the cooling system  when the leak 
was noticed, so didn’t involve antifreeze.
Bernie


On Dec 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Pete Bergin wrote:

>  So I have to ask is it water or antfreeze on the carpet?  If water you  
may just have a pluged up water drain under wipers.  Its a long  shot.
>  Pete
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> From: Adam Gratz <_adamgratz at gmail.com_ (mailto:adamgratz at gmail.com) >
> To:  200q20v <_200q20v at audifans.com_ (mailto:200q20v at audifans.com) >
>  Sent: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 2:34 pm
> Subject: Re: Steaming  Mad!
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> Hi All-
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> If the heater core were  the culprit, would there be water on the carpet
> behind the center  console, or is this coincidental? The heater core sits
> behind the  firewall but in front of the bulkhead, right?
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> Also.....Still  looking for a stage 3 (or similar) chipped Motronics ECU,
> please  mail me if you have one.
> I have a perfectly good stage chipped stage  1 ECU from 2Bennett 
Audimotive
> for trade/sale with factory 120k  turbo.
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> Thank you wise senators for the advice so  far,
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> Doc-
> '91 3B Avant - raised with coil  overs
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> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <_200q20v-request at audifans.com_ 
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