[s-cars] Re: temp gauge hokey pokey

[Cody Payne]

You will loose about 3.5-4 liters when you remove the thermostat from my experience.

cp

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Khang [mailto:jhlk99 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:24 AM
To: Vincent_Frégeac; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: RE : RE : [s-cars] Re: temp gauge hokey pokey


 --- Vincent_Frégeac <vfregeac at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Anyway, it seems your T-Stat is not completely dead
> but it's still
> opening a bit too soon.

Yes, this is what I suspected too.

> Normally, you shouldn't be
> able to see more than
> a few degree of variation on your gauge, like a bit
> below the 90C mark
> on the highway and a bit above in heavy traffic. A
> T-stat is cheap and
> replacement is fairly simple. It took me 30 min. and
> it was the first
> T-stat I changed on a 20VT. I would start there.

I ordered the parts yesterday and will change it this
weekend. Does anyone have any idea how much coolant
will come gushing out when I remove the thermostat? I
have only 1.5 litres of G11 so that makes up 3 litres
of coolant.

Jonathan
'96 S6

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