[s-cars] Coolant loss / Use

[Sean Douglas]

2nd on SJM part, it even comes with 2 new clamps. It's a PITA to replace,
but doable.

Sean 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of brian hoeft
> Sent: January 31, 2008 9:05 AM
> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; bluevr6 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant loss / Use
> 
> 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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