[s-cars] Expected Life of thermostat and/or MFTS

[Sean Douglas]

I replaced my t-stat last fall after 2 years of service. Coolant temp
was down below 80 degrees, now it is steady at 90-91 degrees.

Sean


> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dave Forgie
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:21 AM
> To: s-cars
> Subject: [s-cars] Expected Life of thermostat and/or MFTS
> 
> 
> Although both of these beauties were changed two years ago, I 
> just noticed that my temperature on the highway is only 60 
> deg C with maybe 75 C around town (as opposed to 90 C 
> normally).  I could be a bad connection (I'll have a look 
> today) OR the thermostat (done at a dealer while they had my 
> car captive during a road trip fuel pump failure two years 
> ago) is stuck open OR the MFTS has failed.  I will check the 
> coolant temp through the HVAC control unit display.
> 
> Anybody replaced thermostat's more than once (on the same Scar?)
> 
> Dave F.
> 
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