[s-cars] Coolant T

[Wylie Bean]

Supposedly the T can be replaced with one from a typ44 which is metal, eliminating that future replacement as well. 

Wylie Bean (via blackberry)
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7 3.6P

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Duff <iduff01 at gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:36:45 
To: theringmeister at triad.rr.com<theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Cc: quattro S List<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant T


If you can figure out how to do it with metal, you will eliminate a  
failure point. Go for it.

-Ian Duff, sent from my iPhone.

On May 2, 2009, at 20:29, "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>  
wrote:

> Thanks Ian.  I had seen on QW where someone has replaced that  
> plastic fitting in the back of the engine with a metal one.  It has  
> a smaller tube diameter but seems to work fine.
>
> Wylie Bean (via blackberry)
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Duff <iduff01 at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:14:23
> To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant T
>
>
> Do the temp sensor, too, and the plastic clip that holds it into the
> fitting.
>
> You might also consider doing the plastic adapter that goes into the
> back of the engine. It's pretty close to the "T" you're already
> replacing, and it tends to develop a hairline crack that leaks when
> the coolant gets hot and pressurized. Short money, and you'll already
> be searching for the third elbow to work back there anyway. According
> to ETKA, illustration 121-50, it's p/n 034 121 143 E, and uses an o-
> ring that Hanz und Franz call a "round seal 21x3", p/n N 900 351 03.
> Impex claims the adapter is $26.91, and the o-ring is $0.78.
>
> -Ian Duff.
>
> On 02 May, 2009, at 16:06, Wylie Bean wrote:
>
>> $9 @ Impex + shipping.
>> Buy at dealer?
>>
>> Anything else to be done while in there? temp sensor(s)? Would it
>> make buying from impex worthwhile to do it all at once and spread
>> shipping cost?
>>
>> Not trying to make them rich right now as i'm surely not ..  Just
>> ordered brake lines and TB kit from ECS yesterday.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wylie Bean (via blackberry)
>> 90 cq
>> 91 90q20v
>> 92 UrS4
>> 08 Q7 3.6P
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