[s-cars] Have 034 Coolant Hose Replacement Kit

[Cody Forbes]

RTV is room temperature vulcanizing  silicone adhesive. Gluing on coolant hoses is pretty ridiculous. 

-Cody Forbes

On Sep 18, 2012, at 7:36 PM, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Steve.
> 
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> 
> 034 recommended something called RTV - I guess some kind of liquid gasket
> which I'll apply before installing.
> 
> 
> 
> Tony
> 
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> 
> From: Steve Mills [mailto:s.b.mills at gmail.com] 
> Sent: September-18-12 6:42 PM
> To: Tony Curran
> Cc: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Have 034 Coolant Hose Replacement Kit
> 
> 
> 
> A bought a car that the PO had installed the 034 silicone hose kit. Despite
> spending a lot of time, aggravation, and money replacing all the clamps per
> 034's recommendation, they still leaked.
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> 
> I gave up and bought stock hoses. YMMV.
> 
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> 
> While you're in there, I'd replace the plastic bits that are prone to
> failure. In no particular order:
> 
> - Thermostat housing
> 
> - Heater control valve (under the cowl cover)
> 
> - Coolant "Tee" (behind motor)
> 
> - Heater hose outlet on the back of the block.
> 
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> 
> With summer on its way out and winter in the big white north soon
> approaching, I decided that its probably wise to change the coolant hoses.
> The car is a daily driver and I wouldn't want a hose to let go on my
> commute.
> 
> 
> 
> So I picked up the hose kit from 034. I also decided to replace heater core
> and thermostat whilst I've got the coolant all out.
> 
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> 
> Question: what else should I change out whilst I've got it all apart?'
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> 
> Any BTDT with the 034 hose kit?
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tony
> 
> 96 S6
> 
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