RE: Turbo oil & oil cooler lines

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

It's a good idea, but the price seems to be a little bit high.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Armstead, Brian [SMTP:barmstea@usia.gov]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 19, 1997 9:03 PM
> To:	lawguest@wppost.depaul.edu
> Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Turbo oil & oil cooler lines
> 
> Listers:  I just got off the phone with Greg at GPR (really nice guy),
> 
> and he said the oil cooler & turbo lines can be rebuilt (new hoses
> fitted 
> to existing ends) for about $100/pair.  Has anyone BTDT?  Do you think
> 
> this is a smart/viable option?  All the talk lately has made me pretty
> 
> nervous about my lines, as both my turbo cars have over 130k.   As I
> soon 
> plan to chip my '89 200q, I want to be sure I don't have any Exxon
> Valdez 
> incidents under my car!
> 
> Brian