[s-cars] Coolant Leak (Yet another story)

[Tim Lynch]

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Last week, I had noticed a small coolant leak on the garage floor but
could not locate the leak in the engine bay.  On Wednesday, (a hot one
here in CO) I took the car out to run errands for about an hour or so
and noticed my temp warning light appear as well as my temp gauge
reading increase.  I stopped at my office, popped the hood and found
nothing.  I let the car sit for the afternoon and drove the car home
after work (about a 10 minutes drive), and as I pulled into the
driveway, it happened.  Like a Cheech and Chong movie, smoke (actually
steam) started rolling out of the engine bay.  I popped the hood to find
that the "auxiliary water pump" or "Turbo charger Coolant Pump" as
Bentley refers to it was leaking and spewing.  Over the weekend I
removed the defective part.  One of the two plastic nipples was broken.
Today I called around for a replacement and the local "stealer" wants
$215 for one (Retail is $205).  I searched the web and found the exact
Bosch part at http://www.bestforeignparts.com/ for $96!  Just my 2 cents
minus the $119 I saved just now.

Tim Lynch
1992 Audi S4


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