cooling system gunk

[Grant Lenahan]

You are lucky there was no damage
So are they, I presume.

Grant
On Mar 14, 2007, at 5:15 AM, John S. Lagnese wrote:

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