[s-cars] After-run coolant pump - was, high pressure fuel line leak help

[Tony Curran]

I used a 3/4 inch elbow fitting from the plumbing dept at Home Depot to
temporarily replace the afterrun pump whilst it was on order - mine just
leaked a little and not self destruct.

If you're worried, may be keep one of these in the trunk!

Tony
96 s6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Tom Green
Sent: December 12, 2005 9:59 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; jhlk99 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re:[s-cars] After-run coolant pump - was,high pressure fuel
line leak help


Waste of time.
Audi has been using this same pump since they went to water cooling
for the
turbo in '87 IIRC.  Exact same setup, exact same pump, exact same
relays.
Nobody has published a satisfactory repair in all this time.  So,
what do you do,
trust this shade tree solution where getting stranded is really
inconvenient ?
At least, make a bypass coupling so you can eliminate the pump when
it blows
apart and you loose all the coolant in less than a minute.
Hopefully, you are not
in a place where you can't stop right away because the engine is
unforgiving to
overheat conditions.

Tom '95 S6
          '95 S6 avant


> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:05:03 +0000 (GMT)
> From: "J. Khang" <jhlk99 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] high pressure fuel line leak help
> To: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>,	"S-Car-List at Audifans. Com"
> 	<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <20051213010503.12964.qmail at web50902.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Well, it appears to be leaking around where the
> plastic impeller housing meets the electric motor,
> just like the last pump it replaced. I'm planning to
> put a band around the plastic housing where it meets
> the metal housing and clamp that.
>
> The plastic is glass-filled with metal behind it so it
> should be alright.
>
> Jonathan

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