[s-cars] Heater Core - what's the best replacement?

[chris chambers]

Genuine Audi heater core ....You can get disciounted pricing at GAP:  http://genuineaudiparts.com/ 


HTH
Chris



>________________________________
> From: Thomas Rodriguez <trodri69 at gmail.com>
>To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com> 
>Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 7:56 AM
>Subject: [s-cars] Heater Core - what's the best replacement?
> 
>While driving my '95 S6 on Friday the HVAC started billowing steam and
>hot coolant poured down onto my feet.  I had the car towed home and
>spent most of Saturday pulling the heater box (great instructions for
>this on Quattroworld.com/URS4/URS6/S2/RS2/FAQs/Kinderutz 2009).  Today
>I will open up the box, locate the rupture point and order new parts
>as needed.  I strongly suspect the heater core has failed, which
>angers me because my mechanic replaced the heater core two years ago
>and I would have hoped it would have lasted longer than this.  I see
>several replacement heater cores on the parts suppliers' websites
>ranging from about $50 to about $150. Some, such as Meyle
>(#443819030), have plastic inlet and outlet pipes which I have heard
>can be prone to cracking.  Others like Spectra Premium (#SP194652)
>have metal inlet and outlet pipes and claim to be very sturdy.  Any
>suggestions fromt the group?
>
>Tom Rodriguez
>'95 S6
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