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With the dash and heater unit out of my 1989 Spider Veloce, I'm in the process of replacing the heater core, fan, and associated heater & drain hoses.
The upper heater hose that goes to the intake looks to be a piece of cake to replace.
The lower heater hose - on the other hand - appears to exit the firewall, then vanishes down below - runs alongside the passenger fender (under the intake plenum amongst other hoses) and ultimately ends up at the water pump.
What I'm wondering is for anyone who has replaced the lower heater hose in an S3, did you have to remove anything in the engine compartment to properly route this hose? Or.. did you just kind of 'snake' it through? I checked the service manual and while it does show routing for this hose, I just didn't want to dive in without first checking with someone that has replaced this particular hose before...
Thank you for insights!
Tony
With the dash and heater unit out of my 1989 Spider Veloce, I'm in the process of replacing the heater core, fan, and associated heater & drain hoses.
The upper heater hose that goes to the intake looks to be a piece of cake to replace.
The lower heater hose - on the other hand - appears to exit the firewall, then vanishes down below - runs alongside the passenger fender (under the intake plenum amongst other hoses) and ultimately ends up at the water pump.
What I'm wondering is for anyone who has replaced the lower heater hose in an S3, did you have to remove anything in the engine compartment to properly route this hose? Or.. did you just kind of 'snake' it through? I checked the service manual and while it does show routing for this hose, I just didn't want to dive in without first checking with someone that has replaced this particular hose before...
Thank you for insights!
Tony