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

[Steve Mills]

I also used a Meyle, which did not fit 100% and failed enough to get the coolant smell in the cabin again after 6 months. Same for the blower- also Meyle, and I had the chirping back in the same period. 

I replaced both with OE from genuineaudiparts.com and had no problems after that. 

Steve

On Aug 5, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Thomas Rodriguez <trodri69 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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