[V8] How Hot is Hot?

[daves745t@optonline.net]

If that is as high as it goes, then I don't think you have a thing to worry about.  If that was all mine did I'd be really happy with that. What you have to watch is the slow, but continued creep up in temp especially in stop and go traffic or whenever the V8 is up to normal operating speed and is now just idling.  As it sits you'll notice the temp needle just slowly move into the higher temp ranges, past 100, close to 110, at 110 and so on. With almost any kind of movement the temp comes back down quickly, but it bugs the crap out of me.

Check that fusible link and make sure your aux electric fan is working properly!
-DaveM

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From: v8-request at audifans.com
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:34 pm
Subject: V8 Digest, Vol 22, Issue 18


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> From: Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>
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> How hot is hot?
> 
> New TB, water pump, thermostat, radiator looks OK.
> 
> Temp gauge shows about two needle widths less than 100 in around 
> town 
> driving, does not seem to be rising beyond that. After a short 
> stop and 
> restart, it went to slightly over 100, but came back down again 
> pretty 
> quickly. Drove about four miles total, just a quick shakedown 
> cruise. Oil 
> temp gauge moved off the stop for the first time in living memory, 
> got to 
> 70 degrees. Oil pressure is fine at 5 bar.
> 
> I'm wondering if this is OK, or if it is just a really hot day 
> here in 
> Florida (Orlando had 101 Tuesday, it is a little cooler here, but 
> not much).
> 
> Am I being overly nervous, or does this sound OK?
> 
> Coolant and oil levels are OK, but I will recheck them. I also 
> want to 
> check the fusible link and the electric fan speeds.
> 
> AC was not running. It works, but I just don't like AC, even on 
> *really* 
> hot days like today - well over 90 degrees.
> 
> The engine is noticeably quieter than it was before the TB change, 
> and the 
> power comes on like gangbusters, smooth and strong, but I am 
> probably 
> comparing it to my wife's 626, which is a buzzy, underpowered four 
> cylinder 
> econobox which I have been driving while I finished up the V8. The 
> Audi, 
> with 146K on it, feels SO much better and more solid than the 
> Mazda does 
> with only 40K . . .
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Mike Arman
> 90 V8, not just a car, an ADVENTURE!
>