[s-cars] Couple of questions

[Brian Armstead]

Thanks Sean.

When you say "shorting them together," I'm assuming the switch stays
connected, but you bridge the two posts?

Brian

Sean Douglas wrote:
> 
> Brian:
> 
> The electrical fan and aux water pump are triggered together by a thermo
> switch mounted in a water pipe just under the intake manifold. If the
> coolant temp exceeds a certain limit (105 celcius I think) and the car
> is shut off, then the fan and pump will turn on for 10 min max.
> 
> It takes quite a lot to exceed 105 C water temp and in my case, the
> fan/pump never came on. I installed a lower temp switch which read
> underhood air temp (like on the older models) and now it comes on about
> 50% of the time. I tried to locate a lower temp thermo-switch that would
> fit in the stock location, but couldn't (i.e. matching threads).
> 
> You can test your circuit by pulling the wires off the thermo switch and
> shorting them together with the key off - the fan and pump should run.
> 
> Sean
> 
> Sean Douglas
> 1997 Audi S6//RS2-spec
> 1990 Audi 90 quattro 20v
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Brian Armstead
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:37 AM
> > To: matt ludwig; S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> > Subject: [s-cars] Couple of questions
> >
> >
> > Some newbie questions for you all:
> >
> > When I shut my car down after a hard run, should the main fan
> > come on?
> > When I used to shut down my '89 200q and '86 5Kt, the big fan
> > would always come on as soon as I shut down my car.
> >
> > Also, when should the aux coolant pump cycle on with the S4?
> >
> > Lastly,
> >
> > When sorting through my large collection of type 44 goodies,
> > I came acorss a wastegate srping with light green markings
> > painted on it.
> > Anyone have a clue if I can use this to obtain moore boost?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > 93 S4
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