[V8] Antifreeze Sauna

[too many quattros]

i agree with steve.  i just did this on two of my car (abaout 4 months ago).
its a grandly fun job!


Shayne

PARTING:
1972 mercedes benz 280 se 4.5
1986 audi 4000 cs quattro
1990 audi coupe quattro
1995 audi S6
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> 
> BTDT albeit in a Ford Ranger on a warm summer day ... fogging on the
> windshield was so bad I couldn't see what was in front of me so I pulled off
> the freeway.  When I stopped I realized that I was closer to a piling on the
> shoulder than I would have wanted.  That was what precipitated getting my
> own truck ... 
> 
> If you've got coolant in the airbox it almost has to be the heater core ...
> 
> The airbox swap on the V8 is similar to the T44s, with the exception of the
> flap drive motor that sits up under the lip of the bodywork in front of the
> firewall ... making removal a good bit more tedious IMO/E ...
> 
> Steve Buchholz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> My car has had a dropping coolant level for some time, but I could
> never see any leak.
> Tonight my daughter calls me 10 miles from home, pulled over and
> parked, saying that there's steam coming up inside the cabin and "it's
> stinky, and there's coolant dripping outside on the road."
> The towing company want $140 so I go over there armed with 20 litres
> of antifreeze and various cans of water.
> I clamp off the heater hoses and then drive sporadically home in a
> nerve wracking haze of antifreeze steam while willing the temp gauge
> to stay below 110.
> All 10 miles there's a huge storm going on, so I think it helped me
> get home with the water splashing everywhere, but the windshield
> needed wiping inside every 10 seconds!
> Anyway . . . .
> What's the wisdom on what's going on here? How shall I spend the $140
> I just saved?
> Do I have a broken heater core and how do I go about fixing it. (I
> have replaced the heater motor before so I'm familiar with that task.)