"KWS" > wrote in message
news:wYi2d.55434$MQ5.18437@attbi_s52...
> In the states, you can get the stuff from your friendly Audi or Volkswagen
> parts counter. I went to the usual suspects (Kragen, Pep Boys, etc. as
> well
> as "real" NAPA places) and, when I asked, they looked at me as if I had
> grown another head.
>
> For what it's worth: I had a coolant leak at the oil cooler that is part
> of
> the filter assembly on my '00 A4 1.8T. I changed out both hoses and used a
> Dremel tool with a tiny wire brush to grind away the pink crud that
> accumulated on the cooler fittings before attaching the new hoses.

The "extra-head"-look was also what i got when i asked around for the pink
wonder-stuff. The only place i could get it, where at my authorized
VAG-pusher.

About the hoses...i´m still in the process of seeing if i can find any leaks
somewhere. After all - the stuff cant just disappear! ;o)

I´ll keep you posted, if i stumble over anything apart from the ordinary.

--
Gio