[s-cars] Ford coolant in an S6

[Aaron Taylor]

Same T fitting broke on my 95 several weeks back and did leave me stranded
on a 0deg F night.  It was a dramatic failure due to all the steam and low
temperatures. A good indicator to get the car shut down quickly!
Luckily I was in cell range for my AAA savior
Aaron

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Sean Douglas
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:17 PM
To: 'Vincent Frégeac'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Ford coolant in an S6

Vincent;

Take a close look at the t-valve where the HVAC sensor is, its plastic
and gets brittle with age. Mine broke off inside the hose and almost
left me stranded in the summer. I managed to clamp it down and limp home
and luckily there was a VW dealer about 5 minutes away from where it
happened. I installed a new t-valve as soon as I could.

While you are there, you might as well replace the plastic fitting that
goes from the t-valve to the back of the block. This is known to fail
too.

Not sure if I would risk the ford stuff, unless you are truly stuck and
can't get to VW dealer. If this is a last resort, then I would flush it
out and use the G12 when you can get some.

Sean

1997 S6

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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Frégeac
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:05 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Ford coolant in an S6
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm stuck home with an almost coolant-less S6. A hose have 
> popped out at the HVAC coolant temperature sensor when I was 
> driving home.
> 
> I've only access to the local part shop. They do not have the 
> red pentosin but they have Ford longlife coolant, a phosphate 
> free red stuff too. Their mech says he regurlarly use this in 
> VW/Audis with no problem as it's basically the same stuff as 
> Pentosin G001200. Any opinion or BTDT or quick test I could 
> do to check if it's really compatible?
> 
> I was thinking about mixing a bit of the Ford stuff with the 
> quarter liter of pentosin I found in an old bottle and heat 
> the stuff to see if it stays stable but I'm not sure it's 
> representative of long term behavior of the mix.
> 
> 
> 
> Vincent
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