[V8] heater hose replacement

[Kneale Brownson]

When I want real OEM parts, I generally use AudiUSAparts.com, which is 
the Sunset Imports dealership in Portland, OR.

On 8/23/2013 11:05 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com wrote:
> On the timing belt issue, I recently did one on the Black car that I 
> sold to a friend's son and got the kit from Blau.  I already put the 
> waterpump on, and later when I went to finish up the timing belt, the 
> "Stop A" that bolts to the waterpump(only threaded hole in the pump), 
> the bolt wouldn't thread in.  I checked, and it barely had any 
> threads, and appears that it was drilled too big (5.5mm? instead of 
> 5)......anyway, I called them, and he pulled on off the shelf, and it 
> had no threads whatsoever......It's a Saleri pump from Italy, and he 
> still hasn't gotten back to me.  I had no choice but to throw the old 
> one back in.  Belt that was in there looked new, but I dug into it 
> because the tensioner was way too loose.  Previous person also did the 
> oil pump bearing, and pretty sure they bought the entire assembly from 
> dealer(looked shiny, as did most of everything under there)....so I'm 
> not that worried about that pump, but it did piss me off that the new 
> one wasn't useable.  I could have tapped it to 6, but then the 
> elliptical slot in the "Stop A" might not fit, and decided to just put 
> the newish looking pump back in.  Blau know's of the problem, and will 
> check back with them on Monday(since this reminded me to do 
> so)......Aside from that, I'd buy it from Blau, since it's the best 
> deal, and I got a free serpentine belt also.....Anyone have another 
> source, that would be great.....Tom
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