Re: Upper intercooler hose cost?

[Steve Manning <stephenm@ix.netcom.com>]

George - I presume the one on your son's '875ktqs is the same as my '90
200tqw....which is part #034-145-720, which cost me $80 from Linda at
Carlsen (on the vendor list).  Others have fabbed together hoses from
different sizes of radiator hose.  Or you can order the blue super-strong
Samco hose from TAP (picture at
http://www.tap1.com/hoses.jpg)...............SLM

Steve Manning:  stephenm@ix.netcom.com
...Physical home: Metro D.C. area, USA
.....Virtual home:  http://www.stationwagon.com

At 09:19 PM 8/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>To the list,
>
>My son has been driving around for the past 2 weeks with a patched
>(lot's of duct tape) upper intercooler hose. He finally got around to
>calling the local Audi dealership to order the part and they quoted him
>a price of $209. After my son picked himself up from the floor he had
>the guy double check the price and also what part the guy was looking
>up. The parts guy insists that the price quote is correct for that
>particular hose. This hose, while it looks like a rather unique hose, is
>still barely 8 inches long and is only made out of heavy rubber built
>around a wire core. I can't see this thing costing that much. Is there
>any place to get this at a much more reasonable price? Are there
>equivalent hoses from other sources?
>
>TIA for any info.
>
>George
>
>87 5ktqs -200,000 wheezing miles
>96 A6Q - 85,000 miles and wondering what the repairs will cost on this
>one