Coolant hoses - ever had one fail?

[Kneale Brownson]

Brett Dikeman on the 200q20v list recently reported a burst hose on the
little line that cools the turbo.  I replaced all the rubber bits in my
200q20v's engine compartment when I replaced the radiators.  That includes
crankcase venting and intercooler and intake hoses.  Figured that at that
point, they were all 13 years old.


At 09:48 AM 6/29/2006 -0400, Dave C wrote:
>Just curious ...
>I've seen virtually every cooling system component fail ... heater core,
>radiator, heater valve, expansion tank, but never a hose.  I know a few of
>the hoses on my cars are 20 years old including the little short ones
>associated with the transmission cooler on the type 44 with auto trans.
>Maybe I'm just lucky, but I don't want to push it.
>
>Has anyone ever seen an Audi cooling hose on one of these cars fail from old
>age?
>
>Dave C.
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