[s-cars] Coolant loss / Use

[brian hoeft]

the one I wound up getting from SJM was at least twice as good as the
factory one.

thicker,stiffer inner hose wrapped in a kevlar like rubber, maybe thats what
youre talking about, but the baggie had that P/N on it..

Scott Mockry is awesome.


On 1/30/08, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> With respect to that short turbo coolant hose, I would suggest using a
> higher quality hose than the OE part.  Trust me... when you get done
> replacing that hose, you'll understand why you won't want to do it again.
> Find 6 inches of high quality heavy wall hose to use for that application.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com>
> To: Kevin Barnett <bluevr6 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 9:11 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant loss / Use
>
>  Besides the usual suspects already mentioned, what I thought was the t-stat
> neck once, was actually the upper rad hose at the water manifold.. hose was
> fatigued at six o'clock on the water mani & dripped onto the t-stat neck.
>
> BTW (& probably unrelated kevin) for future reference, the short coolant
> hose for the turbo feed line under the manifold is part number 034 121 063C
> ,, had a bitch of a time finding that so hopefully its now archived and will
> help in the future.
>
> also, if youre having problems w/your t-stat sealing, you really should sand
> the block down some before replacing the t-stat,, and new o-ring with maybe
> a touch of dielectric if its handy to seat it smooth and keeps it a bit
> tacky for the few seconds of getting it in place.
>
> works for me.
>
> //brian
>
>
> On 1/30/08, Kevin Barnett <bluevr6 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > HI folks:
> >
> > I am beginning to be concerned about coolant loss from
> > my urS4.
> >
> > Car has 186k miles on orig motor / turbo / trans.
> >
> > Replaced Overflow bottle about 3 or 4 months back due
> > to leaking.  Seems that overflow bottle is a
> > consumable as I seem to replace mine about every 2
> > years.
> >
> > I seem to loose about 3/4 of overflow bottle capacity
> > (about 1/3d gallon) of coolant mix every 3 to 4
> > months.
> >
> > There is tell-tale weeping at upper thermostat neck
> > and at rear of cylinder head.
> >
> > Replaced clamps / hoses / cleaned fittings to no
> > avail.
> >
> > My local mechanic seems to think this is common for
> > urS cars to weep coolant as his S6 and several
> > customer S6's also loose coolant.
> >
> > The boards collective experiance is?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
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