98 A6 Avant, Temp guage flucuates

Kev the Brit quattrohead at attbi.com
Sun Sep 29 18:16:17 EDT 2002


>I did notice the water temp gauge dropped to about 1/2 between
>what it normally runs at and the far left of the gauge.
>The oil temp gauge was normal for a few hours of driving.

I would say your thermostat is opening too easy, my ex A6 did this until
I changed the thermostat. You can JUST about do it without taking the
timing belt off. If your car has much over 60,000 miles it is well
worth thinking about changing the belt and pump, the pump being the weak
link.

Kevin Phillips
1998 A6 Avant-traded for Highlander quattro !!!!
1995 900 SET




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