thermostat?

[thejimrose]

definitely sounds like a thermostat. bad for the engine because engine needs
to come to temp and stay there to work properly [burn off oil contaminants,
water, prevent excessive carbon buildup, etc].

im not sure how hard that is on a v6, not a bad job on the 1.8, i bet the
audiworld resources / audizine forums have a writeup. if it's been that way
for a while i would run some seafoam or techron through it to clean it out.


> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:21:45 -0600
> From: "Danton J.A. Cardoso" <djacardoso at gmail.com>
> Subject: tc
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> OK, I have a coolant temperature gauge issue.  Car is a 98 A4 with a 2.830
> valve.  The temperature gauge is buried at cold, however in stop/go it
> will
> move up eventually to normal.  This past summer (first one with the car),
> it
> went to normal and no overheating.  I get heat without a problem.  Sender
> was replaced, could it be the thermostat?  How difficult?
>
> Thanks
>
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> Danton J.A. Cardoso
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