Bad puppy

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Question is, why are your oil cooler lines falling off - Any idea?

Javad

>I was bopping down a NC backroad, going about 60 mph, when
>I heard a loud BEEP-BEEP-BEEP.  I checked the warning light
>and saw a big oil can. A glance at the oil pressure gauge
>confirmed it -- no oil pressure.  I shut off the engine and
>pulled over to the side of the road.
>
>After counting to 10 to calm myself (and to keep from rolling
>the car into the ditch and walking away from it), I got out
>and looked under the engine. Sure enough, the bottom of the
>engine and everything behind the radiator was covered in oil.
>I saw the free end of an oil cooler hose. It had come loose
>from the nipple by the oil filter.  I slid it back on (coated
>in oil, it went on easily), tightened the clamp, dug out my
>one quart of oil from the trunk, dumped it in, started the
>car, and got 2 bar of oil pressure.  Thank you, Mobil 1.
>
>The first time this happened I had it towed and fixed. The
>second time it happened, I drove it without oil the mile to
>my home and replaced the Audi oil cooler and lines with an
>Autozone off-the-shelf cooler and lines. Now the third time
>it happened, I just repaired it on the spot.  I'm getting
>better at this.
>
>I gingerly made my way home. Half way there, I heard another
>loud BEEP!  Now what?  I immediately checked the oil pressure
>gauge. It was still at 2 bar.  I checked the warning light
>and saw a gas pump.  Doh! Low on fuel.  No problemo.  Just
>another day of Audi ownership.
>
>Kent
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", Bad, BAD puppy.
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