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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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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
 
Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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places like ecstuning.com should have it.
 
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 04:24 AM
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i went to the dealership and they put coolant in my car for free they toped it off
 
Old Mar 18, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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wow, nice guys?!
 
Old Mar 20, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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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...
 
Old Mar 20, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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listen to the poster above, very common problem
 
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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nice.... my issue to. is it the flange itself that is bad... or a gasket
 
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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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
 
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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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...
 
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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nice. yah thats what i have been reading as well. guess we'll do the whole flange.
thanks
 
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