'87 80 1.8 Heater problem

[Dave Glubrecht]

Before you drill an hole in your new thermostat check to see if it already
has a channel.
Many thermostats have a slight channel in the diaphragm seat to provide the
same purpose as the hole.
  Dave G



----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net>
To: "Tom Nas" <tnas at euronet.nl>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: '87 80 1.8 Heater problem


> At 11:26 PM +0100 1/2/02, Tom Nas wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Just thought I'd run this by y'all...
>
> "y'all?" NL means North Louisiana now, Tom? :-)
>
> >Symptoms: outside temps just below freezing, engine gets hot (water temp
> >gauge hits 90 C) but heater blows nothing but cold air with knob set to
> >full heat. I get in a traffic jam, temp gauge goes to 100 C (I get
slightly
> >worried) and suddenly the heater starts working.
>
> <shnip>
>
> >I'm thinking sticking thermostat. Any other suggestions?
>
> Sounds like it to me.  Audi's got this big long procedure for
> checking the t-stat in a pot of water with a dial thermometer, must
> open by blah blah degrees and blah blah blah blah...
>
> ....when it's just quicker to put in a new one :-)
>
> A lot of thermostats are coming now with a small hole for letting
> coolant circulate just a tad for a smooth warmup, that sort of thing.
> If your replacement is lacking, you might want to drill a small hole,
> pencil-tip sized roughly.  From what I've read, the hole goes up
> high, to let any air that might come up to the t-stat get by.  One
> article I saw said the hole is right near the outer edge of the
> t-stat.
>
> B
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