cooling system gunk

[John S. Lagnese]

When I got the car back there was no power, it started like shit and would stall, then not restart. I actually took the car back, lined up the timing mark at the flywheel and showed the top tech that it wasn't lined at the vibration damper.
Needless to say they don't touch my car anymore!
John
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: thejimrose 
  To: John S. Lagnese 
  Cc: Pantelis Giamarellos ; quattro at audifans.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:27 AM
  Subject: Re: cooling system gunk





    My 91 20V overflowed a bit the other day while just idling. It seemed all 
    rusty. I added some orange coolant. Was this a mistake?

  hm.. yea rusty coolant and orange coolant are no bueno.  do your car a favor and  spend saturday am repenting and flush it out. easy enuff to do.. if a little messy. dont forget to keep the heater on high to flush the core as well. a few cycles of distilled should get you back to normal. 



    I did have the water pump changed last summer by some bozos who couldn't
    reset the timing correctly.Maybe they added the wrong coolant.

  that makes me nervous for you - people changing yout tbelt that couldnt time the car correcty. 

  <<shiver>>