[Es2] 5000km report...

[Ben Klumper]

Yah, it's a bit strange. This morning it did not come on at all. It's like 
it never happened. Maybe washing the engine caused a bit of moisture to get 
into or around the sensor. It would be a very strange coincidence that it 
would not be related to the coolant dump from a few days ago. Although with 
Audis, I have seen stranger things!

Ben

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Suttner" <andrews at columbus.rr.com>
To: "ES2" <es2 at audifans.com>; "Ben Klumper" <bklumper at mdbworld.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Es2] 5000km report...


>I would guess it is a bad connection. We have two 200 20v's and I get the
> signal everey once in a while. In fact tonight, the temp outside somewhere
> around 35F I turned on the car and the light immediatly popped on. 
> Obviously
> the coolent temp was not too high.
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: es2-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:es2-bounces at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Ben Klumper
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:37 AM
> To: eS2 List
> Subject: [Es2] 5000km report...
>
>
> Well I've hit 5k kms since the conversion was completed and up to a few 
> days
> ago when I was first going to write this little update the car had 
> performed
> flawlessly. However, two nights ago I pulled in to the garage after about 
> a
> 15 minute drive in normal conditions, stepped out of the car and heard a
> loud "pop" followed by the sound of gushing liquid. I knew right away that
> it had to be coolant. So I opened the hood to find that the small hose 
> going
> down from the main rad hose to the after run pump had popped off its
> coupling (I have it coupled to another length of hose with a plastic
> coupling in order to reach the pump). No big deal, since nothing broke. 
> Just
> a matter of re-attaching the hose and refilling the system. So I filled 
> the
> reservoir to the "min" line, started the engine and let it run for a good 
> 15
> minutes until the fan came on a couple of times. The whole time I had the
> cap off the reservoir to keep a close eye on the level, adding coolant 
> when
> the level went down. I did this until the coolant bubbled out of the
> reservoir a bit. Put the cap on and drove it around for about 10 minutes
> without problem or warning. Temperature was normal. Took it to the car 
> wash
> to get all the coolant off of the engine and then drove home again without
> problem. The next morning before I started the engine I checked the 
> coolant
> level and it had settled down just a bit so I topped it up. About one 
> minute
> in to my drive to work (temp hadn't even registered on the gauge yet) I 
> get
> a coolant warning on the autocheck. I litterally live 4 blocks from work 
> so
> I drove in to the parking garage at the office and checked the coolant
> level. It was normal. Any idea why I'm getting the warning? Is it just air
> in the system that needs to escape?
>
> Ben
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