cockpit suddenly filled with steam

[Cody Forbes]

RUN FAST, RUN FAR, DO NOT LOOK BACK!

It's a product designed to plug holes. What do you think it does to the
small passageways inside the radiator? Also it is VERY VERY unlikely that
you have a hole in your heater core. Usually when they do it's more of a
large scale failure like the entire end-tank falling off.

-Cody

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pirkle [mailto:bpirkle at zipcon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:59 PM
To: Cody Forbes; audi at humanspeakers.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com; w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com;
audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: cockpit suddenly filled with steam

An amateur mechanic friend of mine told me to go to the autoparts store and
buy some "Bars stop leak"

Warm up the engine and pour the stop leak into the radiator. Restart the
engine and let it run for a while.

The stop leak will coat the cooling system and plug  the pin hole in the
heater core and this will fix everything.

But of course before I do this I wanted to run it by the group.

So what do you (yall) think.

Bill Pirkle   KE7JIA
"When ideas fail, words come in handy"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
To: "'Bill Pirkle'" <bpirkle at zipcon.net>; <audi at humanspeakers.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; <w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com>;
<audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: cockpit suddenly filled with steam


> 1) Replacing the heater core does **NOT** require removing the dash. 
> It's a time consuming job, but easily done in a lazy day.
>
> 2) It is favorable to connect the two hoses together. They are only 
> inches away from each other on the engine.  They are both connected to 
> the engine in the area near the rear of the cylinder head on top of 
> the transmission bell housing.
>
> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/engineinstall/P4300042?full=1 - This 
> picture shows both connections. One is a metal pipe extending rearward 
> of the engine out sort of by itself, the other has a rubber hose on it 
> about 5" long and is just below the cylinder head. The other end of 
> that short rubber hose will have the heater valve connected to it.
>
> -Cody
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Pirkle [mailto:bpirkle at zipcon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:47 PM
> To: audi at humanspeakers.com
> Cc: 'John Cody Forbes'; quattro at audifans.com; 
> w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com; audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: cockpit suddenly filled with steam
>
> To replace the heater core I will have to remove the dash. Big hassle. 
> I have decided to shut off the heater.
>
> There is a hose out of the engine that goes through a thermostat and 
> into the cockpit. That sends hot water into the heater core. I plan to 
> plug that hose.
>
> But there must be a hose coming back to the engine so I will have to 
> plug that one also.
>
> The question is is there something that I am missing? The car is an 85 
> Audi 5000.
>
> Bill Pirkle   KE7JIA
> "When ideas fail, words come in handy"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> To: "Bill Pirkle" <bpirkle at zipcon.net>
> Cc: "'John Cody Forbes'" <cody at 5000tq.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; 
> <w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com>; <audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: cockpit suddenly filled with steam
>
>
>> 1. The heater core let go.  You may be in for quite a few new cooling 
>> system components.
>>
>> 2.  Leaking brake fluid?  A car with a brake fluid leak is not safe 
>> to drive.  You need to find the leak(s) and repair.  Are you sure 
>> it's brake fluid and not something else you are topping up?
>>
>> Year and model?
>>
>> On 8/13/2012 8:37 PM, Bill Pirkle wrote:
>>> Scared the hell out of me.
>>>
>>> I noticed that the engine was running hot. Needle was about 3/4 over 
>>> toward hot.
>>>
>>> Started back home and about 4 blocks from home the cockpit suddenly 
>>> filled with steam. Seemed to be coming form the heating ducks. It 
>>> only took a second and I couldn't even see the steering wheel.
>>>
>>> I finally got home and the reservoir was empty. That accounts for 
>>> the hot engine.
>>>
>>> But where did the steam come from?
>>>
>>> I looked around but all the hoses seemed to be connected.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Also there is a dark spot on the driveway and I have to add brake 
>>> fluid to the engine. Thus the break fluid is leaking. Any ideas 
>>> where the leak probably is?
>>>
>>> Bill Pirkle   KE7JIA
>>> "When ideas fail, words come in handy"
>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>
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