4kq running cold

[Huw Powell]

> > > We just got our first blast of winter here and a problem with my 4kq has
> > > resurfaced.  In very cold weather and at highway speeds, the car runs
> > > cold (only 1 or 2 notches up on the temp gauge), sometimes so cold that
> > > it produces almost no heat in the passenger cabin.  I had the same
> > > problem last winter, but the weather got warm and I "forgot" about it.
> > > Now, I'm traveling across PA for T-giving this week and I'd rather not
> > > freeze my n*ts off driving through the mountains.  Has anybody else
> > > experienced this and how can I solve it?  Put a piece of cardboard
> > > behind the grille to block the cold air?  Replace the thermostat?  TIA.
> >
> >Thermostat.
> 
> I have the exact same problem and my thermostat and entire system is new.

but the system leak you are suffering at your cheesy non-fitting plastic
radiator flange may be stopping pressure from building.  That *might*
matter...

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/thermostat.htm - yup, I've been busy
fixing... now I have to turn the heat down on the 90Q!

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