[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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