Turbo Oil And Water Lines

[brandon&trenna adams]

Ed,
I used to live in Vernal and really felt for you with this issue. Vernal
repair shops killed a 78 5000 block and head doing repairs and instaling a
block heater. They will always blame the audi cause they don't understand
anything with more than 4 pistons or less than 8 pistons. Backward place.I
grew up there and had the audi in high school. I fell in love with audi's
first because it was completely different from normal (for Vernal). When I
got another audi, While being towed after an accedent, The driver never
lifted the whole car and dragged the rear in fifth gear. So after I
replaced it with a new audi I decided I better just move rather than give
up the quattro! Vernal wasn't worth it.
BA


> [Original Message]
> From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Date: 2/19/2005 10:52:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Turbo Oil And Water Lines
>
> Cheap, yes, and effective.
>
> I was on my way to Park City last September for the "west cost" Urq
> Preservation Group gathering when after an hour-long jaunt across NW
> Colorado at about 90-95 mph, a pinhole leak sprang forth in the
> inch-long piece of rubber hose in the turbo to head water line I
> obtained from a junkyard '90 200 turbo auto for my "new" watercooled
> K26.  Vernal, UT on a Friday evening is not exactly the best place to
> find a replacement for a dealer-only, specialized Audi turbo water
> line.
>
> Anyway, I had lots of moral support (caravan of 5 urq's) and made it
> to Park City with only two stops to top off the water.  The next
> morning I walked to the CarQuest 2 blocks away from the hotel and got
> enough tools and supplies to hacksaw off the crimped portion, clean up
> the barbed end of the steel line and install a new piece of hose with
> 2 regular hose clamps.  Looks factory to me and is holding up very
> well thus far.  And it's serviceable by me in the future if the need
> should arise.
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Lawyer" <LawyerKG at co.laplata.co.us>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:06 PM
> 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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