Temp issue

[Grant Lenahan]

gurgling sounded a  little like maybe you have a bubble in the system and it needs to be bled. The question is: "how did air get in". Of course i am probably wrong, but its a guess.

Grant


On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Steve wrote:

> The coolant level stays the same. I will look for the sensor you'all talk about and hope it is not a bad head gasket. I have a parts car that I can nab the sensor from.(assuming the parts carcass doesn't have an equally bad sensor) 
> 
> I don't have the milky oil thing and the anti-freeze doesn't have that Gulf Coast look but I haven't done a compression test yet.
> 
> I will know before the sun sets if it will be a sucky day or SUPER-sucky day.
> 
> Thanks for the info
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/30/10, John Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: John Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net>
>> Subject: RE: Temp issue
>> To: "'Steve'" <phixxitt at yahoo.com>, quattro at audifans.com
>> Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 11:52 AM
>> Low coolant level
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Steve
>> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 10:30 AM
>> To: quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: Temp issue
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have an 86 5ktq that may be lying to me. It keeps
>> flashing a temp warning
>> but the gauge reads about 3/4 (between the dots). There is
>> a gurgle sound
>> and bubbling in the plastic tank that makes me wonder a
>> bit.  
>> 
>> I thought I read in a post here that there are two sensors
>> on this motor for
>> temp. One for people temp meter and one for the computer.
>> Is this right? It
>> runs ok but is idling kinda cranky-like.(no pinging) 
>> 
>> Could it be just a bad sensor or is there a bigger problem
>> about to bite me
>> in the tail?
>> 
>> Thanks...
>> 
>> 
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Grant Lenahan
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