Aux. Radiator

[Brett Dikeman]

At 6:20 PM -0800 12/19/01, Brian O' wrote:
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>  dont waste your money !!! cut the tubes, crush them flat in a vise,
>and solder them shut. ive done this to 2 cars, never changed coolant
>temp range on guage. unless you live in the middle of a desert !!!
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This would be very ill advised on, say, a 200q20v.  50-something more
HP, among other things...and the same main radiator(save the extra
connections for the aux radiator) as in all the other type 44 cars.
More HP = more cooling needed.

It's not quite the same thing on the 90q20v, but given that the extra
plumbing, different radiator end tanks, etc is a fair amount of
effort on Audi's part, I would suspect there's a reason for it being
there, and further, there really isn't any particular reason, good or
otherwise, to remove it.

If damage to the radiator isn't bad, consider a radiator repair shop
instead of outright replacement.  They can clean out/rod out the
entire unit, weld/solder/braze anything that's open and shouldn't be,
and probably have it back to you before a new part would
arrive...good as new.  Heck, have them clean up the main radiator and
clean the A/C condenser if you drop the car off...

For short-term(ie while the radiator is being repaired) I'm sure you
could get away with plugging the ends;I wouldn't connect them
together, since it would create a much lower resistance path for
coolant and might severely reduce coolant flow through the main
radiator.

Brett
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