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Re: Stainless oil cooler hose

To: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk, quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: Stainless oil cooler hose
From: Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 15:41:46 +0200
In-Reply-To: <13115@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

At 14:37 25.04.98 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:

>> I blew the stainless braided oil cooler hos in my 87 5KCSTQ.  Apart from
>> the dealer, does anyone have any ideas?
>I had this discussion with a UK MB owner only an hour ago.  He's bought
>stainless lines that are badly made and don't fit.
>Since every case of oil cooler line failure that I've ever heard of
>has been from the _inside_ - why stainless?

I don't know about Ur-q, but on my 5KT (and I recall several other 5K
owners reporting similar failure) it was the metal crimp that corroded and
finally broke, allowing the hose to slip off the fitting. 

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 :-)

References:
- Stainless oil cooler hose
  - From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)

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