[s-cars] cooling system hoses -- need more help!

[Varon H. Fugman]

As I get deeper into replacing various cooling system hoses, I keep finding
more that need replacing!  All the hoses near the front of the engine are
sticky on the outisde, probably from exposure to Pentosin during one of my
many X-Plug leaks!

First, does anyone have part #'s handy for (1.) the very small diamater
rubber hose about 6" long that feeds coolant to the turbo.  It goes from a
banjo boly on the underside of the coolant manifold forward to the metal
line that runs across the front of the engine and over to the turbo.  (2.)
the short rubber hose that connects from the thermostat housing to the pipe
that leads back to the heater core return line (and also supplies the
after-run pump.)  It is 2" or 3" long, looks like a standard 5/8" diameter
heater hose.  It attaches inward (closer to the engine block) of the
radiator hose.

Second, does anyone know whether this last hose should be straight or have
an S-bend in it on a 1995 S6?  The Bently shows it straight.  Mine has a
bend to it, but I'm not clear if the hose was made this way, or if the
coolant pipe that runs to the back of the engine is out of position (thus
streching the hose into an S-bend.)  Because of the downward bend in the
hose, it ends up sitting right on top of the oil pressure switch where it
screws into the side of the block (ah ha... oil leak found!)  Pre-95 cars
have a different oil pressure sender (in fact, they have two if the Bently
is correct), so the layout of cooling system plumbing in this area might
very slightly also.

I should also note that it isn't much fun to remove these hoses due to
limited working space (reaching down under the intake manifold and coolant
manifold, etc.)  It would be much easier to do with the manifolds removed!
But that would be *another* project!

TIA,
Varon
'95 S6

P.S. I picked up a new coolant reservoir and pressure cap today to go with
my new hoses.  The new reservoir is a bright translucent white... my old one
has a rather yellow tinge to it.

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