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03-17-2008, 11:10 PM

guru_king423

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coolant

im new to audi cars.
was looking at my fluids and noticed i was running low on engine coolant.
read the manual and said it used g12.
knowing i probaly wouldnt find it i tried autozone and guess what i didnt find it.
is the dealer the only place to get the g12

03-17-2008, 11:52 PM

audiprotein

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RE: coolant

places like ecstuning.com should have it.

03-18-2008, 04:24 AM

silveraudib6

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RE: coolant

i went to the dealership and they put coolant in my car for free they toped it off

03-18-2008, 10:42 AM

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RE: coolant

wow, nice guys?!

03-20-2008, 03:23 PM

jonsaudi

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ORIGINAL: guru_king423

im new to audi cars.
was looking at my fluids and noticed i was running low on engine coolant.
read the manual and said it used g12.
knowing i probaly wouldnt find it i tried autozone and guess what i didnt find it.
is the dealer the only place to get the g12

Have you checked for leaks too? Maybe one of the reasons why you're low in coolant. If there is a leak, I'd check the back of the Engine for some dried up coolant residue. If there is, you might a have a coolant flange leak...

03-20-2008, 06:03 PM

Papachristou

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RE: coolant

listen to the poster above, very common problem

03-21-2008, 10:41 AM

auditurbo381

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RE: coolant

nice.... my issue to. is it the flange itself that is bad... or a gasket

03-21-2008, 11:06 AM

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ORIGINAL: silveraudib6

i went to the dealership and they put coolant in my car for free they toped it off

now thats got to be a 1st

03-21-2008, 04:25 PM

jonsaudi

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ORIGINAL: auditurbo381

nice.... my issue to. is it the flange itself that is bad... or a gasket

It's usually the O-ring (gasket) that's damaged. But it's best to replace the flange and o-ring together. In most cases, the flange gets damaged along with the o-ring anyway...