Bill Caro

hi i'm trying ti keep up maintence on my son's 1999 A4 1.8T quarto while he is away in the USMC and i need to know what anti freeze to put in it the auto store said regular but the resivoir has pink/orange which is right. thanks

Casablanca Avant

You need to go to your local dealer or maybe NAPA and get G12

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

Then you can use the green regular stuff, like I am right now.

ModifiedA4

ditto, i dont mess with the coolant system...the heater core job is just not worth it.

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

*shudder* I don't want to ever do that job.

qazimo

with the internal metallurgy, not only the two coolant mixup gunk.

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

If you have a plastic one, then you need to stick with G12.

Search for the conversation between me and Audi Junkie on this. Lots to learn from him.

ModifiedA4

back in the day, the heater core on my jetta went (way out of warranty). I brought it to an independant euro mechanic who diagnosed it and we set up an appt.

Instead of raping me for the job, he called the next day, turned down the work, and informed me that there was a recall on it and that any VW dealership would fix it for free.

that is how bad the job is, the guy totally did not want to do it.

über güber

lol that's just wrong!! So, did it get fixed somewhere else?

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

"...informed me that there was a recall on it and that any VW dealership would fix it for free. "