[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Radiator Neck Repair
Audi has made available a kit to fix one particular type of radiator failure. First, the story -- My 86 5000S radiator broke in a very unexpected way last night (fortunately I was 200 feet from home!). The "neck," or pipe that exits from the plastic side tank snapped in two. (There are two necks, actually, one for the the top hose to fit on, and one for the bottom). Anyway, the one for the top hose snapped cleanly in two, and the car lost about half its coolant in maybe 15 seconds. The temp guage showed normal, but the autocheck system picked up the problem. There was enough of the neck left that I was able to refill the system and drive today. This is only a temporary fix, however, because the ridge that holds the hose one was on the broken off piece. ANYWAY, here is the interesting part. Neck failure is sufficiently common that Audi dealers stock a repair kit! (the local vee dub dealers never heard of it). For about $20 you get a plastic insert that goes into the old neck and a package of some really industrial sounding glue. Since PAP is now asking $260 for a radiator, its worth a try. The part numbers: 200121003 glue sugg retail $10.05 200121001 insert retail $11.20 One local dealer wanted $28 for both (the nerve), but the other charged $18. Jason
|
