[s-cars] Pissing Coolant
Tom Green
trgreen at comcast.net
Thu May 1 06:58:46 PDT 2008
You must have ignored a lot of emails on this subject, Douglas.
All these plastic connectors are brittle by now and are subject to
failure at
any time. This includes the thermostat housing of the same material.
I would
source them all and replace at the same time. It's not a big job and
most of
the coolant has already been lost. If the thermostat is old, replace
it at the
same time and avoid breaking into the system again. You may even find a
nice fuel mileage increase from changing the temperature sensor in
the "T".
I know you said you are short of time but consider getting all the
parts and
replacing them before you put $20 of coolant in there. If you can't
get the
tee fitting in time, you can use a copper pipe fitting to get home.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:35:29 -0500
> From: "Douglas Fifield" <douglas.fifield at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Pissing Coolant
> To: "Sean Douglas" <s_douglas at telus.net>
> Cc: Scar <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> Guys,
>
> Thanks for the P/N's. I'll call the stealer tomorrow and try to
> source it. I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> D.
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Sean Douglas <s_douglas at telus.net>
> wrote:
>> Douglas;
>>
>> This is a common failure, the plastic T fitting gets old and
>> cracks. You
>> will need a new T fitting, 4A0 819 497. The sensor is 025 906 041
>> A and its
>> blue.
>>
>> While you are there, you might as well replace the plastic
>> fitting at the
>> back of the head where the other end of the hose connects to, 034
>> 121 143 E
>> and gasket N 900 351 03.
>>
>> Sean
>>
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