overheating? or normal?

[Ti Kan]

--- Buck Rogers <shistahappens at yahoo.com> wrote: > I recently had my
> radiator rebuilt and all new hoses
> and all new belts including a toasted timing belt on
> my 84 4000S quattro, but theres something thats
> bothering me... when my car finally gets heated up it
> goes to about 3\4 on the temp scale for a while then
> the fan kicks in and it goes to about middle which is
> normal but only for a second then the fan shuts down
> and it goes right back up to 3/4 till the fan comes on
> again! anyone have any ideas?

If the car is stationary (or in stop/go traffic) when it's doing this,
then it's perfectly normal.  Under highway cruising conditions the
continuous flow of air through the radiator will make the temps more
stable.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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