Re: WARNING: Audi Gods Strike!!!

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <970511144730_1089074764@emout01.mail.aol.com> Audial@aol.com writes:

> Well, it wasn't 24 hours after I bought by '86 5KCSTQ that the Gods decided
> to throw a lightning bolt into my happiness...

An early initiation - but not unusual.

> I would advise anyone who has a Turbo to get underneath the car and
> <scrutinize> the fittings for the oil lines.  The lines themselves are
> stainless-braided but the clamps are not, and my corrosion began in an
> invisble place.  The crack propogated and the line was simply pushed off.
>  Had I been in the boondocks it would have been big trouble.  As it was, I
> got away $35 poorer.

Yup.  A "consumable" item.  On my third set.

> Does anyone know of a source for these lines and how many $$ am I looking at?
>  I want to replace them both. 

The archives copiously document getting them fabricated at almost any hydraulic 
(earth-moving, etc.) specialist.  If you can't find anywhere, Dialynx in the UK 
will export a set to the USA.

BTW - catastrophic failure is rare.  The leak starts _very_ gradually indeed.
 
Someone knew about this problem before you bought the car.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club