Heater Core-ectomy

[Phil Haag]

Hello,

Yes, please send me the details.  I have a leaky heater core on my '90 200 
Quattro Avant.  Yes, really fogs the windows when it gets cool out.  I am 
just about to purchase the core, and hope to do the job next weekend.  
Someone told me you have to take the dash out.  Heaven forbid.  Please any 
advice, instructions would help alot.

I also just installed a new cluth and through out bearing.  Bad bearing was 
the main problem.  Though now I cannot get the shif linkage right.  Can not 
get first and second gear consistantly, somethings wrong??

Thanks,

Phil Haag

'90 Audi 200 Quattro Avant
200+K miles
1.9 Bar

>From: mwoodland at Valicor.com
>To: Subject: Heater Core-ectomy
>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 08:30:28 -0400
>
>Greetings Folks,
>They said it couldn't be done... but I'm here to tell you that I did it 
>last
>weekend.
>After torturing back and forth over how much money I'll continue to throw 
>at
>Max, an '87 5KTQ with 280K on the clock.. I was looking at ditching the car
>over a blown heater core.
>
>This, after dropping the car on H&Rs, installing Bilsteins, gray sport
>interior, new belts all around, new skins on 16" BBS Pininfarina wheels,
>etc, etc.. and watching the widening pool of Pentosin under the car from 
>the
>(recently) leaking rack.
>
>The labor to swap out the heater core would probably come close to the rack
>job, and with winter around the corner, it was looking bad for Max.
>
>Inquiries to the list led me to believe that it couldn't be done, but the
>thought of driving without heat can be a strong motivator.
>
>When the window of opportunity opened on two free hours, I grabbed the saw,
>and opened the hood.
>The secret here is the saw, a Japanese keyhole saw that cuts on the pull
>stroke. I had already taken a saw to the heater box to do the blower job, 
>so
>it only took a few minutes to expose that and pull it out. This gave me
>access to the air flaps, and a glimpse of the heater core. About 30-40
>minutes of precision sawing had the heater core out of the car, and the 
>case
>ready for cleanup.. soaking up the plastic dust and antifreeze. I had a new
>core, recently pulled from a donor, which installed in a minute, and the
>whole works was back together within a half hour. The only additional
>hardware that required removal was the windshield wiper assembly, but that
>came out with 3 screws, and allowed me to upgrade to newer arms.. the ones
>that hinge up with the hood closed.
>
>All in all, less than two hours well spent.
>If anyone wants the gory details, i.e. where to cut, drop me a line. I made
>a few cuts that helped me visualize the rest of the job, and didn't
>contribute to the removal, so the actual process will go faster.
>
>Now I can drop the bucks on a rack job with a clear conscience, and whack
>another 100K on Max.. mebbe even spring for new paint.
>
>
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