brittcrowell

So got to Colorado last night. Even 20 hours in the A8 gets old. With the warm weather package the V1 dosen't work either :-( 65mph speed limits in KY and IL suck! Saw 8 troopers driving through KS yesterday to. The A8 runs nice at 125, just a quick run it up in CO when I finaly had about 2 miles of road to myself, didnt last long though.

The bad news. Got a perty good coolant leak this morning. Passenger side. Drip, drip, got a good puddle on the inlaws driveway alreay. I guess its the oil cooler. I even have the parts with me, red pensiston and all.

Is there anything else on that side of the car that could be leaking coolant? Seems to be coming from around the oil cooler.

So is it Luck or Fate that I have all my tools with me and everything I need to do the job but some M1 oil?

Britt

skiracer

If there's any way, I would do the TB service at the same time. A lot of the work needed to do the oil cooler is needed for the TB service as well.

JimR

I did them at the same time, and was surprised at how little was common to the two procedures.

skiracer

radiator and engine mount out of the way, you might as well get the TB done at the same time. Certainly it will add several hours to the process, but you will save having to do the aforementioned operations over again.

Always Overcharged

Re: Luck or Fate? Swap the L for the F and thats me always late and cussing....

JimR

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TwinCitiesS8

Having done this myself, I did the oil cooler while also doing the TB job and I must say, even though it may be possible to do the oil cooler job without taking the front end off, I would wager to say it would be much more difficult and time consuming. If it were me with my luck, I would try to do the oil cooler without removing the front end and I would end up getting frustrated and stuck and then take the front end off anyway to free up working room. Just do it all at once, you will be happy you did.

brittcrowell

out on singing hills road and county rd 13 about 6 miles north of elizabeth.

I had planed to do the TB job while I was here, but Blau dosent have any of the tool kits in yet (orginaly planed to do the job over the last holiday weekend before the trip.)

I have all the TB parts with me too!

I have to be up in Fort Collins all next week for work and then a wedding on Sat.

Just a Sunday afternoon project. At least its not 95 and 90% humidity like its been in Alabama as of late. And I have all the parts I need!

Britt

TwinCitiesS8

Have you checked with Paul? He has 2 sets. If he is out and you can't get them from Blau, I also have a full set of TB tools for the 32V motor. I will rent them for the same as Paul, I am not trying to compete, just offering in case you can't find a set soon. Let me know soon, I will be out of the country for 2 weeks from June 19th to July 5th.

brittcrowell

Thanks but I got so much to do on this trip, I'll just wait for Blau.