[s-cars] Overheating!

[Mark Strangways]

I can sell my Tried and True CANADIAN Thermostat. It's sure to open on those
extremely cold days.
But it may try to come back to Canada on July 1st. :-)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Matt Russell" <skippertgore at hotmail.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Overheating!


> I would vote for T-Stat, even though yours is newer.  If the radiator is
ice
> cold then unless your temp. gauge is lying to you, which I doubt because
of
> the overspray, it is probably your T-Stat.  I had one fail on me to on an
> extreme cold day a few years back, and I have heard of others failing as
> well.  I think the cold does something to them to make them stick.
> --Calvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Matt Russell
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 5:33 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Overheating!
>
>
> oh knowledgable S-heads-
>
> my 92 began to overheat on a drive today.  temp gauge went to the 2nd
hatch
> mark beyond the 12 oclock position, autocheck came on.  Oil temp, however
> was normal according to the gauge.
>
> So i pop the hood: plenty of coolant, aux fan running.  It's 7 degrees
here
> today, so kicking on the compressor manually isn't happening.  I crank the
> heat, and continue home as it's <10 miles on back roads with a steady 55
> limit.
>
> Make it home, temp gauge is still elevated, autocheck has gone off, then
> clicked on again.  Oil temp is still normal.  Pop the hood and continue to
> run the motor so as to (hopefully) not permanently damage the engine.
still
> plenty of coolant though some has now sprayed along the hoodliner near the
> reservoir.  an area near the steering rack is also sprayed, yet there is
no
> sign of a leak anywhere.  Aux fan NOT running.  WTF?  is there a pressure
> relief of some sort on the coolant reservoir?
>
> so i shut the car off after another minute or so with no change.  Go back
> under hood, radiator is ice cold and there's very little pressure to
escape
> from the reservoir.  And, a strange clicking noise that I can feel via a
> coolant hose that is closer to the firewall, near and above the
bellhousing
> of the transmission.  it's behind the afterrun pump, closer to the
firewall,
> if that makes any sense.
>
> So: new h20 pump, T-stat, and coolant change last year.  Any thoughts?
I'm
> about to check Bentley, but need to ask the collective wisdom here.
> Something must have given up the ghost.
>
> Sorry for the long post, but I'm in a bit of a run-on frame of mind, I
> guess.  please cc me direct, as I subscribe to the digest.  any thoughts
are
> greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> -Matt, co
> 92 s4 - that thinks it's running hot, but doesn't appear to be... WTF?
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