2000 A6 2.7T overheating

[Richard van der Hoff]

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 kf21857 at comcast.net wrote:

> I appreciate the suggestion but the symptom I am describing is caused by the complete failure of something,  i.e. a stuck thermostat, not a small leak.  In another car I might suspect a broken fan belt but that isn't the problem here.

My S4 2.7T started overheating due to a failed water pump; there were no 
other symptoms than it getting too hot (and no water going around, I 
suppose...)

Not sure how it is on the A6, but on the S4 the water pump job involved 
taking half the car apart so was a bit pricey...


Btw, is there any chance you could use a mail client which puts 
References: headers in your mail, so that threading works properly? (and 
various others around here: thejimrose, John Larson, syljay, cobram - 
although some of you might be reading the list via digest, which is 
something else I don't understand the point of...)

Cheers

Rich




> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
>>> The coolant level was down a couple of quarts but not
>>> extremely low.
>>
>> Er, you lost half a gallon of coolant and that isn't an "issue"?
>>
>> My '89 90Q used to eat up a half liter every six months (before the
>> Barrs stop leak application...) and I though it was a Bad Thing.
>>
>> You need to find your leak and fix it.  Odds are, you're gonna chase
>> that leak throughout the cooling system, and eventually replace everything.
>>
>> --
>> Huw Powell
>>
>> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>>
>> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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