[s-cars] Quick coolant question....

[Fred Munro]

Hi Riff;

You have to drain most of it. Completely drain the rad and you'll still get
a gush of coolant when you pull the t-stat (assuming it's closed).

I just had the rad & t-stat replaced Friday - it was a freezing -30 in my
"garage" last week, but hey, the view is good...

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of riff944 at cox.net
Sent: January 20, 2004 2:42 PM
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Subject: [s-cars] Quick coolant question....


Hi All-

Using this invaluable list and the on board codes from the HVAC controller
(thanks Vincent!), I have found out that my t-stat has crapped out.  Car did
not get over 6.5C during a 15 min drive to work!  No wonder I have been
getting crappy gas mileage while babying the throttle.

How much coolant should I drain before changing the t-stat???  I'd rather
not do an entire flush and fill if it is not needed?  I think I will try to
tackle this one tonight in my freezing garage....

Thanks,
Riff

95 //S6 running cold.....

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