UR q omen?

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <Marcel-1.08-0521230048-0b0a*qQ@sparkg.wave.co.nz> Greg Spark writes:

> Anyway, on returning to dealer I opened the bonnet to listen to the motor.
> After spending a few minutes leaning over the engine bay I stood up and walked
> around to turn off engine when *BANG* the top water hose burst spraying hot
> coolant everywhere including over my son and his friend standing nearby.
> 
> Fortunately they only had very minor burns on face and neck but it could have
> been very nasty - especially if any of us had been leaning over the hose
> when it went. 
> 
> Is this a message from the Audi Gods telling me a URq is not on my future??

No, but it might be a message from an ur-q telling you that it overheats and 
the dealer,  unable to fix it, has stuck a disc in the coolant header tank cap 
to stop it blowing coolant out while he suckered you into buying it.  There's 
no way that hose should burst at normal pressures.

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