[s-cars] Couple of questions
Sean Douglas
quattro20v at telus.net
Tue Oct 18 13:27:36 EDT 2005
Pull the wires off the switch and touch the female spade connectors
together.
Sean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Armstead [mailto:barmstea at IBB.GOV]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:13 AM
> To: Sean Douglas
> Cc: 'matt ludwig'; S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Couple of questions
>
>
> 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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