Blown heater Core '90 80 non-Q

[Al]

Thanks Kent.
Do you remember what your mechanic used?   I saw some 45 degree, 3/4" copper 
tubing. That and a couple hose clamps might work. "U" shaped would be nice. 
Does anyone know I.D.? I know most U.S. heater hose is 5/8".

Man when that thing blew, I thought the wife had put an IED under the dash.

Al



-----Original Message----- 
From: Kent McLean
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:09 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Blown heater Core '90 80 non-Q

Al wrote:
> I don’t need the heater, Honolulu, never will. I know you guys and
> gals feel real bad for me. What I want to do is plug both in and out
> hoses, at the outer firewall. Now I think that will work, but many of
> you have more experience with similar problems.

We don't hate you, we envy you. Except for your heater core problem.

You don't want to just plug the ends. You want to complete the loop,
in effect bypassing the heater core. That'll let the water circulate.

At least, that's what the mechanic did on one of my V8s.

--
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
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