Turbo Oil And Water Lines

[Dave Head]

I thought that was supposed to happen in Kansas??? BTDT...

Ed Kellock wrote:

>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
>
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>>>>Alex Kowalski <akowalsk at comcast.net> 02/18/05 01:53PM >>>
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>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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