[s-cars] j hose starting to leak

[Tom Green]

But, Steve is no noobie-had his car a long time-besides I stifled the  
impulse.
I don't think he is in any danger if he heeds the warning lights.  I  
do have this
nagging suspicion that the question means there is probably something  
else
that has been deferred also.

Pentosin makes such a mess when it leaks and turns into this stuff  
that doesn't
wash off and turns bushings into jelly.  This is the stuff that  
doesn't get fixed
and the owner doesn't understand how his car got into this shape.

Now if someone already knows what the new hose costs and wants to know
if there isn't another way that's different.  There is good news,  
though, with
genuinevwaudiparts.com dropping the price of the "J" hose 4A0 612 065 to
$360.72 from the $501 list price.
Now you only save $260 by having it rebuilt at HOH.

I am going to take Mance's advice and switch to Redline PSF next flush I
need.  Reminds me to get a new Magnaflow filter for that also.

I made a tiny url for the Audi Anarchy but I see Steve has an invite  
already:

http://tinyurl.com/2cuenmh

Tom

On May 31, 2010, at 10:31 PM, JC wrote:

> Actually Tom for a n00b without prior turbo-Audi
> hydraulic-accumulator-aka-bomb system experience, it might be a fair
> question. While I'm 100% with you that personally I cannot stand  
> having a
> significant failing part on my cars at any given time, for a lot of  
> cars hey
> a little power steering leak might not be a big thing and maybe it  
> could
> wait...
>
> BUT, Steve just to reiterate Tom's point - the brakes-without-power  
> thing is
> a MAJOR DEAL here.
>
> You can even try this out if you park the car on an incline with  
> nothing in
> the way (steep sloped empty parking lot or driveway ideal). Park the  
> car at
> the top of the hill pointing down. Turn off the engine. Pump the  
> brake pedal
> over and over, maybe work the steering wheel back and forth a bit too.
> Repeat until the pedal 'goes dead'. Now release the handbrake, let  
> the car
> get rolling head of steam and see how hard it is to stop with the  
> engine off
> and no hydraulic booster.  Not fun.  Better hope your quads are  
> strong and
> your emergency brake works real good. Might want to fit a dragster  
> parachute
> just in case.
>
> Disclaimer: You may crash into parked cars, trees, mailboxes, posts,
> buildings and anything else in your path. Not responsible for your  
> personal
> injury, car destruction, third party injury or casualties, or any  
> dogs,
> cats, or farm animals that are harmed in the filming of this episode  
> of
> Jackass (although I hate cats anyway so screw them if they get  
> runover by a
> runaway UrS car...)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom Green
>> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 10:11 PM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] j hose starting to leak
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> My first thought was to write "where do we find these idiots?
>> Who could ask this list if it is ok to just let my car
>> leak?"  "I hope it leaks all over your father-in-laws new
>> concrete driveway."
>>
>> But, I see this is an honest question so I will stifle that
>> impulse.  : > )
>>
>> You will find that the mess made by leaking hydraulic fluid
>> will far exceed any gain from putting it off.  This fluid
>> will soften every hose and bushing it touches and will reach
>> the rear differential with only a surprisingly small leak.
>> It's just a hose with two ends; how hard can this be?  It
>> also sounds like you aren't going to get your hands dirty on
>> this, so why not just call Carl Hatcher at Carl's Foreign Car
>> Service and have him take care of it.
>> He can probably arrange a rebuilt hose, maybe even from the
>> list favorite, Spokane Hose.  You don't want to buy a new hose.
>>
>> If you don't know Carl, he hosts the UrS cars get-together in
>> August, so owns s-cars.
>>
>> http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=URJRWGR
> EDSLQIYPEDLSW&inviteId=LMUXLLPULOTTTKNQLXRK&showPreview=false&x=>  
> 539696703
>>
>> It usually does not go total blowout, but it can leak a lot
>> of fluid.
>> Isn't this
>> the stuff that provides power steering and brake boost?  You
>> should try the brakes without any boost sometime if you don't
>> think it's important.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 16:13:00 -0700
>>> From: "Steve Voit" <stevevoit at comcast.net>
>>> Subject: [s-cars] J hose starting to leak
>>> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>> Message-ID: <003d01cb004d$a6591990$f30b4cb0$@net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi S-Heads:
>>>
>>> My 95.5 (120k mi) S6 is starting to experience a leak from the 'J
>>> hose' on the high pressure hydraulic circuit.  My question
>> is this:
>>> is this an urgent repair, or can I watch it and take care
>> of it in the
>>> next few months?
>>> Is the failure mode a catastrophic leak?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve V
>>>
>>> Seattle