Turbo Oil And Water Lines

[millers ink]

Alex,
I replaced the water line on my 87 5KT last summer with no trouble.
What I did was go to a local heavy equipment dealer, and got a new
metric fitting for the top of the turbo, with a #3(I think it was)
hydraulic on the other end.  They also had a 90 degree fitting with a
hose barbed end to fit 5/16".  I used a piece of power steering hose,
took the old hose from the banjo fitting at the top of the engine, used
2 hi pressure clamps, and that was it.  I threaded it in behind the
timing cover, and terminated both ends.  Leak free so far.
If you cant find the fittings locally, let me know as I can get them
easily, for under $20 cdn.  Last year's prices.
Hope it helps
Brian
'87 5KT with 226,000KM

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces+mlrtym=nbnet.nb.ca at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces+mlrtym=nbnet.nb.ca at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Keith Lawyer
Sent: February 18, 2005 17:07
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Turbo Oil And Water Lines


Well, for the water lines there's option #4 which I'm assuming your
avoiding because it's kinda hokey, which is to cut the existing fitting
off there and clamp fresh hose on.

Once you cut the hose off you'll find it's nothing more than a basically
standard barbed fitting.  Depending upon where you are the only issue
might be finding metric hose of the right size.

This is what I did on our Type 44 a couple years ago, it's still working
(crossing fingers as we go on a weekend road trip tonight).

I'm not necessarily endorsing this, but there's no denying that it's
CHEAP lol

Keith L

>>> Alex Kowalski <akowalsk at comcast.net> 02/18/05 01:53PM >>>
Because of the age of my car, I've been thinking of replacing the oil
and water lines on the turbo.  I've been underneath the car, and while
the existing ones look OK, so did the one that burst at the fitting on
my '86 a few years ago (making me a kind of Bad Puppy II.)  Around that
time, there were a few threads that talked about options for replacing
the hoses, which basically came down to:

1) Talk to someone at Parker Hannifin
2) Find a company near you expert in hydraulic lines, show up with your
originals and have a new set fabbed.
3) Buy new ones from the dealer (ouch! $$$)

Recently I saw a set of replacement lines online, they looked very nice,
but were made to fit a hybrid turbo, not the stock unit.  034EFI makes
them for the 10v turbo, but not the stock 'charger -- only one of their
hybrids.  They're also $300.

http://www.034efi.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_33&products_id=47 

Is option #2 still feasible?  Has anyone replaced their lines recently?

TIA,
Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ

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