RE: Price on 88 Turbo Oil LInes

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

Expensive, very expensive. Only buy the used oil cooler if the core is
damaged. If your only problem is that lines are seized over the
fittings, the new fittings can be machined and welded in place of the
old ones. Don't buy used lines if you haven't seen them, especially for
this price. They corrode easily, even if not subjected to salt. Consider
buying new aftermarket ones or fitting new hoses to your existing
fittings instead.

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:	nuthatch@ix.netcom.com [SMTP:nuthatch@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent:	Friday, December 05, 1997 6:21 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Price on 88 Turbo Oil LInes
> 
> I'm going to buy Used Turbo oil lines for my 88kQT. The prices I got
> are 
> $110.. for the turbo return line. And $185.. for both oil cooler lines
> and 
> the oil cooler (salvage yards don't like to remove the cooler from the
> lines 
> on account that the connections are too corroded on). The parts are
> suppose 
> to be in good shape. They come from CO, where they use very little (if
> any) 
> salt.  ???????????   Do these prices sound appropriate and are CO cars
> not 
> harrased by salt like those in Milwaukee and Chicago?
> 
> Thanks
> Paul Hutchinson
> Kenosha, WI. 
> 88kQT
> 85kS
>