87.5 CGT

[Kneale Brownson]

My wife's 4kq does this every time the coolant level gets about two cups 
low.  There's still lots of coolant in the reservoir, but not quite enough 
to keep the sensor happy.



At 08:09 PM 05/31/2001 -0600, Jeremiah Curry wrote:

>my 85 CGT coolent light started blinking all of the time about a month ago.
>I have just ignored it since the oil temp and water temp are low.  At first
>it only blinked when I went around corners, leading me to believe it is just
>a short.
>
>Jeremiah Curry
>
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>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:39 PM
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: 87.5 CGT
>
>
>Question for anyone: My 87.5 CGT's coolant gauge has been blinking for the
>past month...Its not overheating the fan comes on, regularly in traffic, and
>seems to be fine other than the annoying and scary light blinking.  I have
>taken the coolant resevoir out and cleaned it, made sure the float wasnt
>stuck, and replaced all the radiator hoses (just for good measure)and bled
>the radiator of any air.It also has a new thermostat.  I also order a new
>temperature sensor which i believe is located above the multi-temp
>sensor...but of course they gave me the wrong one(wrong plug)...
>Until i order another temp sensor...i have been paranoid that it might
>overheat in traffic, so i noticed that if i turn on the A/C the the fan
>automatically runs on low, but since the temp sensor is indicating that the
>car is overheating., the clutch on the A/c compressor does not engage...
>Am i hurting anything by running the fan with the A/C "on" and driving in
>traffic...  Even though i only drive the car about once a week...i hate
>driving blindly with a bad temp reading.
>Also am i replacing the correct temp sender?
>Thanks
>Mark
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