4kq running cold

[Peter Berrevoets]

I just replaced thermostat (only a year old) due to large fluctuations in
coolant temperature.
I now have fluctuations but not as great as before. I wonder if there is a
problem with the temp sensor that is causing this problem and perhaps I have
just trashed a perfectly good thermostat?

Peter
1990 200TQ

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> >[mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> >Behalf Of Brendan/Coolian
> >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 3:30 AM
> >To: quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk
> >Cc: smyelich at webtv.net; quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: 4kq running cold
> >
> >
> >
> >> > 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.
> >
> >
> >********************************
> >Brendan Barry
> >http://www.endosquid.com/audi
> >Boston, Massachusetts
> >1987 Audi 4000 quattro - "Suzanne"
> >* Red\Leather/Bitchy *
> >