Radiator repair

[laraa at sympatico.ca]

In these Olympics days, I'll cheer for my country.

Spectra Premium, a 100% Quebec company, is producing very high quality heat
exchangers for a long time now. All are made in Montreal, which is nice for
our economy.

CU207 which is the correct 90Q radiator is only 225$ on eBay right now...
Copper core with plastic tanks.

Louis-Alain



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De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De
la part de radek at uniserve.com
Envoyé : 18 février 2014 09:55
À : quattro at audifans.com
Objet : Re: Radiator repair

OK, you guys convinced me, no quick fixes.  Now, I've been trying to find a
new OEM radiator, but only all-metal Nissens come up.  Anyone know a source
for OEM?

Another thing, the car has had the small front radiator deleted  
(together with A/C), and the extra outlet on the radiator is plugged.   
I vaguely remember that a radiator from 1987 4000Q would be identical, but
with no additional outlets?  Is this correct?
Thanks.

Radek.


> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:29:46 -0800
> From: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
> To: quattro list <quattro at audifans.com>, radek at uniserve.com
> Subject: Re: quattro Digest, Vol 124, Issue 8
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> man why would you spend the time to ghettofab it when you can just fix 
> it once and move on? crazy imo to spend the time and not just get r 
> done. btdt so many times on audi cooling systems. because it WILL fail 
> at the worst possible time [like coming down i80 in a blizzard from 
> tahoe..]
>
> just buy and swap a new radiator already.
>
>
>> Thanks guys.  I'm going to pour some stop-leak into it and put a 
>> strap around, hoping it holds until spring.  Then, I'm going to buy a 
>> new one.  I understand the consensus is that the OEM is best, despite 
>> the plastic/aluminum combo???
>> Radek
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:27:28 -0800
> From: John Larson <viejoloco at comcast.net>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Re: Radiator repair
> Message-ID: <53012D40.3090501 at comcast.net>
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> On 2/15/2014 8:28 PM, Radek wrote:
>> Thanks guys.  I'm going to pour some stop-leak into it and put a 
>> strap around, hoping it holds until spring.  Then, I'm going to buy a 
>> new one.  I understand the consensus is that the OEM is best, despite 
>> the plastic/aluminum combo???
>> Radek
>>
> Most stop leak products are DEATH to the cooling systems in German 
> cars!  If you're gonna use it, plan for a heater core when you do the 
> radiator.  That's two hundred bucks+ (dealer price, theirs are the 
> only ones that fit right) and 10-11 hours labor.  Feel lucky? BTW, an 
> all metal radiator won't cool quite as well, but it'll work fine.
>
> John
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:50:15 -0500
> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Radiator repair
> Message-ID: <53016AD7.5090708 at humanspeakers.com>
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> The heater core is about $80 and more like 8 hours.
>
> I don't think the all metal (brass) radiators are available any more.
>
> And yes, with cooling system parts, they all break at the same time.
>
> - Huw
>
> On 2/16/2014 4:27 PM, John Larson wrote:
>> On 2/15/2014 8:28 PM, Radek wrote:
>>> Thanks guys.  I'm going to pour some stop-leak into it and put a 
>>> strap around, hoping it holds until spring.  Then, I'm going to buy 
>>> a new one.  I understand the consensus is that the OEM is best, 
>>> despite the plastic/aluminum combo???
>>> Radek
>>>
>> Most stop leak products are DEATH to the cooling systems in German 
>> cars!  If you're gonna use it, plan for a heater core when you do the 
>> radiator.  That's two hundred bucks+ (dealer price, theirs are the 
>> only ones that fit right) and 10-11 hours labor.  Feel lucky? BTW, an 
>> all metal radiator won't cool quite as well, but it'll work fine.
>>
>> John


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