[A4] Overheating issue

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make sure your belt is not slipping also, that would make your water pump  
spin slow and you overheat 
 
 
In a message dated 6/23/2008 11:07:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rnhurt at gmail.com writes:

Which  fan was spinning slowly - the one driven by a belt (main fan) or  the
electric one (aux A/C fan)?

Later...
Richard

On  Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Danton J.A. Cardoso  <djacardoso at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Fan was spinning slowly,  that you could stop it with your hand.
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at  9:21 PM, Richard Andrews
> <richard.j.andrews at gmail.com>  wrote:
> > You are lucky that you didn't blow a head gasket and or  warp the head.
> > Might want to have a compression test.
>  > In my experience(Texas) i've never gotten my a4's oil temp above  250.
> > Are you certain it's the fan clutch and not the  waterpump?
> >
> > -richard
> >
> > On  Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Danton J.A. Cardoso <
>  djacardoso at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>  Hello,
> >>
> >> Friday, I was involved in some  stop/go traffic with outside
> >> temperature in the mid  80's.  Had A/C on set to auto with it set at 70
> >>  degrees.  The temperature gauge began to move a needle's width  from
> >> normal (centre), and then eventually began to creep over  to the middle
> >> between hot and normal.  Oil temperature  went up to 280. Also, check
> >> engine light kicked on. Shut  engine for a few, then went back started
> >> it up and began to  drive without the stop and go.  About 10 minutes
> >> into  drive coolant light flashed, gave out three dings, and stayed
> >>  lit.  Just about to shut off A/C and it blew hot.  Shut off engine  for
> >> a few minutes, started up again, no light, but sluggish  performance.
> >> Drove for about a mile. Coolant level was  OK.  Turns out I need a fan
> >> clutch, normal?  Car  has almost 97K on the odometer.  H20 pump has
> >> been  replaced when timing belt was done as was thermostat.  I do not
>  >> have the codes, but according to mechanic, it was reading  misfires,
> >> was this attributed to the overheat?  Would  there be any engine
> >> damage, or it just simply  overheated?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>  --
> >> Danton J.A. Cardoso
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