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Old 11-13-2002, 10:09 AM
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Default White smoke coming out of air vents.

Possible bad heater core, would this be cover under audi assured warranty.

68000 miles, 14 months left on warranty.
Old 11-13-2002, 10:17 AM
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Heater core...that sucks. It's a PITA to change
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Default dunno but if you start telling them your afraid of getting severely burnt.

You'd probably get it done on da house...lol..
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Default Is A/C on or off?

is it hot and smelly? or cool and odorless?
Hot and Smelly=coolant, get it fixed before the heater core takes a big dump.

In my last car, this happened to me on the highway. The scalding hot steam was only half the problem, the other half was the inside of the windshield was completely obscured. That was almost the worst thing that happened to me in that car.

AC on and "Cool and odorless"- it's just condensation from when the compressor kicks off, completely normal.
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a/c was off
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Smelly or no?
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smells like anti freeze
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Default Hope it's covered, but covered or no, get it done

If the heater core fails completely, it's no fun, trust me on that
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