[s-cars] coolant reservoir

[Tom Green]

>
The Meyle/JL Germany coolant reservoirs get a solid DO NOT BUY  
recommendation
here, which mirrors the Pelican Parts quality rating of POOR.  Kind of  
interesting for a
part they sell.  : > )  Even at the $32.75 price with free shipping it  
is not a good buy.
Life expectancy is about a year before the almost invisible cracks  
start to seep under
pressure.  Buy this part and the cheap pressure relief cap to  
guarantee continued
cooling system problems while you deny that the problem is the tank  
because it is new.
: > )  If you surmise that I have BTDT, you are correct, and it was  
not a single, isolated
event, but a statistically significant number.

I recommend a new Audi cap even at its elevated price since it  
contains the pressure
relief valve for the cooling system.

It bears repeating that you will probably get the best deal on genuine  
Audi parts at:
  http://www.genuinevwaudiparts.com/partlocator/index.cfm?siteid=214407
It is generally best to search the catalog by part #, but you may get  
by with the listing
for this part.  This gives you a target price if you want to negotiate  
with the local dealer
that will offer some discount.  Be sure to compare delivered prices.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:42:42 -0600
> From: Joshua van Tol <josh at spiny.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] coolant reservoir
> To: David Giannandrea <david.giannandrea at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> I had one of those in my car. It lasted 3 years, and then developed
> multiple cracks. Meyle in general has terrible quality (there are
> exceptions) and aftermarket coolant reservoirs have been shown to
> pretty much all be lousy. As others have said, buy from a dealer who
> offers a discount, and it'll last 10 years, like the original did.
>
> On Jan 27, 2009, at 9:05 AM, David Giannandrea wrote:
>
>>
>> If this link doesn't work (because it got reformatted in
>> transmission) then
>> just search "Autohaus Arizona".
>>
>> Coolant reservoir by Mehle for a C4 (1993 S4, 100)
>>
>>
>> https://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?
>> sid=dywo3xurlclj41y0nwc3mn45&
>> makeid=800002 at Audi&modelid=1009347 at S4%20&year=1993&cid=16 at Cooling%
>> 20System&g
>> id=2067 at Expansion%20Tank/Coolant%20Reservoir
>>
>>
>> David G.