Anyone have/see the new beather/spider hose? Whoa!
#1
AudiWorld Expert
Thread Starter
Anyone have/see the new beather/spider hose? Whoa!
For my 2002 6spd:
I broke mine as I was disconnecting hoses to pull my engine. Without much force at all, it snapped. Upon trying to get a replacement, the local dealership didn't have the P/N I was asking about, but they noted it was superseded by another, then another P/N. They did have the current one in stock so I went down to pick it up. To my surprise, this hose now has all sorts of heat insulation on it. I wonder if my hose broke because it became brittle with heat.
Here's the broken part of my hose:
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03094.jpg">
Here's a partial shot of the orig hose (I'll take other pics when I pull it off):
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03120.jpg">
And here's the new hose (078103235R):
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03122.jpg">
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03123.jpg">
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03124.jpg">
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03125.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/">http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/</a</li></ul>
I broke mine as I was disconnecting hoses to pull my engine. Without much force at all, it snapped. Upon trying to get a replacement, the local dealership didn't have the P/N I was asking about, but they noted it was superseded by another, then another P/N. They did have the current one in stock so I went down to pick it up. To my surprise, this hose now has all sorts of heat insulation on it. I wonder if my hose broke because it became brittle with heat.
Here's the broken part of my hose:
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03094.jpg">
Here's a partial shot of the orig hose (I'll take other pics when I pull it off):
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03120.jpg">
And here's the new hose (078103235R):
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03122.jpg">
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03123.jpg">
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03124.jpg">
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/dsc03125.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/">http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/maintenance/engine_pull/</a</li></ul>
#2
I broke/replaced mine about a year ago - but got the same old style part
I will I could have gotten that one. looks like Audi made some prudent improvements. I recall paying about $70 for the old style version. How much was that one you got?
#5
AudiWorld Expert
Thread Starter
Looks to be a few $ more (~$10)
IIRC, when I called the dealership for the other one, they said it was $122, and this one was $133. Online, I saw $86 and $95, I believe.
I forget which of the prior letters went to which model/tranny/etc, but nonetheless, here were some:
J, B, G, L
I forget which of the prior letters went to which model/tranny/etc, but nonetheless, here were some:
J, B, G, L
#7
AudiWorld Super User
:-) Funny you should mention that.
That was one of the reasons I originally bought my car back in 2000. I figured that they were using the engine in the Allroad, so since it was also in a "regular production" model and not a limited S model that at least there would be available parts and ready knowledge to fix it. Doubt this will be true for the new crop of V10 S cars. i.e. harder to get parts, and less knowledge of repair.