Re: Turbo oil lines

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>]

At 17:56 99-03-01 -0800, Tony Lum wrote:

>Are the oil lines for I-5 turbos all like thru all the years?  I think the
>lower one is definitely same regardless, but how about the upper?   These
>are so expensive, it might be worthwhile to take off a junker and have them
>re-built before it becomes necessary.  Could have had a set on Sunday, but
>the thought didn't occur to me till this morning. 

No, the early 5K turbos used different oil cooler, with fittings on top,
which resulted in different oil lines. My 87 5KT has already the newer type
of the cooler, with fittings on the sides. I don't know when did the change
exactly occur, but I believe the newer cooler design is found on cars with
single filter setup, while the cars with dual filters have older cooler and
lines. I don't know about Ur-q, it probably uses yet another pair of lines.
I once had the p/n for the cooler lines checked at the dealer using
European ETKA. Weird thing, it seems that in Europe the change to the newer
cooler design occured in 1989. The drawing for the Audi 200 up to 1988
model year shows older cooler design. I wonder if it's really the case or
ETKA is wrong.

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