[V6-12v] heater core?

[Mike LaRosa]

OH MY GOD NATHAN!   I didn't take it that far...  i
pulled the sides of the console back enough to pull
the  rubber vents.  Yes it was a bitch to do, but I
wasn't up for as much dissassembly as you :)

I'm sure pulling that much out made it easy to do the
rubber vents, but I tend to torture myself and not
remove anymore than I have to :)

but, either way will work :)

the pictures of the box split in half is in exellent
idea,  I did mine apart twice to get it right, a
picture of one half removed with the flaps still
attached is an excellent idea!

Mike


--- Nathan White <natwhite at mnsi.net> wrote:

> This was my experience with an A6 heater core remove
> and replace:
> 
> http://forums.audiworld.com/a6100/msgs/59506.phtml
> 
> NW
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike LaRosa" <mrmotoguzzi00 at yahoo.com>
> To: <quattrorunner at earthlink.net>;
> <v6-12v at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] heater core?
> 
> 
> > Sounds like the heater core is leaking....
> > 
> > 
> > Not 100% sure by your description, but...  if you
> open
> > the hood, take of the plastic cover off where the
> > wipers are there is a black box about a foot
> square.
> > 
> > This is your heater box, yes the heater core is
> inside
> > that.
> > 
> > Your talking about a $100 for a new heater core
> and
> > the valve.
> > 
> > It's a 6-8 project to do... some caveats are the
> the
> > hoses under the dash, and getting all the flaps
> > correct when you split the box to swap the heater
> > core.
> > 
> > Mike,
> > 93 100 csqw,  did this last year...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- "quattrorunner at earthlink.net"
> > <quattrorunner at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> I have a 97 a6 avant and have had a strange leak
> of
> >> some sticky substance
> >> under what appeared to be the transaxle. I
> couldn't
> >> understand the
> >> stickyness but thought it may be from the trans
> as
> >> it has leaked in the
> >> past. Anyway that has been for about a hear or
> so.
> >> After having a small
> >> coolant leak for about two weeks now, I thought
> it a
> >> good idea to
> >> investigate. It was coming from the area where
> the
> >> heater hoses go to the
> >> core area. At the plastic 90 degree turn out of
> the
> >> black box. I don't have
> >> the bently so I don't know what this box is but I
> >> found the sticky
> >> substance is from the seam there. The seam was up
> >> against the rubber air
> >> release valve behind the heater valve. It appears
> to
> >> be a hole full of the
> >> sticky stuff. My guess is that this stuff is glue
> >> for the seams of the
> >> core? But I don't know. Is this black box that
> the
> >> heater hoses enter the
> >> heater core or is the core inside it? And can I
> >> change it from outside the
> >> car or under the dash? Thanks, BA
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Check BA-design.com for your custom jewelry ideas
> 
> >> 
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