Turbo Oil And Water Lines

[Ed Kellock]

LOL.  Vernal is the more western version of Hayes in this story.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dave Head 
To: Ed Kellock 
Cc: quattro at audifans.com 
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: Turbo Oil And Water Lines


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

  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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