coolant line question

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

I have one to spare, special price just for you...
40$.
what color would you like it painted or maybe you
prefer plished? 

--- Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I believe it's called a "heater pipe" - it either
> provides or returns
> coolant to the heater core (I can't remember right
> now). Raffi just bought
> one from the dealer for $80!!  IIWY, I would try to
> source one from somebody
> on the list or Vortex and just get it hot-tanked.
> Also, the 16v one
> different from the 8v one. (Not sure if the
> Golf/Jetta 16v hose is the same
> though...)
> 
> If you can, save the hoses too - that stupid 4"
> piece that goes toward the
> firewall is one of the mismatched-sized end ones.
> Cost me $15 US
> recently....   :-/
> 
> G/L, JT
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:32 AM
> Subject: coolant line question
> 
> 
> Hi, it's me again. The headache had been dribbling
> coolant, it's where a
> short
> chunk of rubber hose (with one of those @&*$)*@)_#
> spring clamps that the
> mechanincs put in an impossible to get at location)
> joins into a solid steel
> line that I guess goes to the heater core (still no
> Bentley, Canda Post
> really
> sucks). ANyway, the easy option was the rubber hose,
> but of course you know
> that's not it, it's pinholes in the corroded steel
> line instead. SO is this
> a
> dealer part? and how much, or could I maybe get it
> from
> Potterman/Adirondack?
> And how many millions? Any tips for removal and
> reinstallation would be
> appreciated, it's Canada Day today so I can't do
> much regardless. I don't
> even
> know what to call the part,  to tell you the truth.
> So any advice is
> welcome,
> I think I'll spring for a new one, but LMK what
> other cars have a compatible
> line setup. This car, it needs way too much
> attention, I tell you. Again it
> chose to spew coolant within a mile of home,
> thankfully. It always has known
> where to die.
> Cathy
> 
> 
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