Re: Anticipating the Audi Gods - NOT!

[bat@tcnet.net]

AUDIDUDI@delphi.com wrote:
> 
> >   Thursday, on my way back to work (wearing Summer Whites - for those not
> > militarily inclined, thats white shoes, socks, pants, underwear, shirt,
> > and hat. Kinda like a milkman with medals) I get a low coolant warning
> > light.  Pull in, shut her down, pop the hood - split heater control
> > valve...
> 
> I had to replace the one on my mother's car two weeks ago ... it's usually
> not that difficult except she had parked in the sun and it was 112 degrees
> out that afternoon.  At least she remembered to pull over and shut the car
> off instead of driving it all the way home!
> 
> BTW, I have had THREE of these valves fail on my family's cars in the last
> seven months ... if you haven't replaced yours recently, you might want to
> do so as a preventive measure.  It's not IF it fails but WHEN ... which is
> not too surprising when you realize the lowly VW Fox uses exactly the same
> valve!  I now carry a spare in the trunk along with a waterpump and timing
> belt and can of Pentosin and radiator repair kit and radiator hoses and...
>      _             _
>     / l       l o l  \       l o   Jeffrey Goggin
>    /__l l l / l l l  l l l / l l   * * * * * * *
>   /   l l_l \_l l l__/ l_l \_l l   AudiDudi@delphi.com
> 

GET ME OFF THIS SERVICE !!!!!