[V8] Giving up...No it's alive.. Road trip

[Paul DAnneo]

The fan did kick on when the temp got close to 120 when standing in construction traffic.
 
Paul
 

From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
To: 'Paul DAnneo' <padanneo at sbcglobal.net>; 'Tony and Lillie' <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
Cc: 'Audi' <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 8:53 PM
Subject: RE: [V8] Giving up...No it's alive.. Road trip

What about the fuse for the electric cooling fan on the radiator?

Ed



-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Paul DAnneo
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 7:19 PM
To: Tony and Lillie
Cc: Audi
Subject: Re: [V8] Giving up...No it's alive.. Road trip


Hello Tony,
 
The compression test shows 120+- accross the board.
Now after the return trip, the plugs all look the same.
The miss seems to be running at idle and steady speeds. WOT it clears up and
runs great. 
 
The car would heat up 110c-115c going up hill, then also at construction
traffic, slowing down. Maybe a bit warm? I am planing to change the coolant
and the t-stat next week. Any benefit to changing to the pink stuff?
 
There is a new O2 sensor. Bosch 4 wire. Plug and play.
 
Paul
 

From: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: Paul DAnneo <padanneo at sbcglobal.net>; John Gourley <azaudi at gmail.com>
Cc: Audi <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Giving up...No it's alive.. Road trip

> ----- Original Message -----
> It's melting....
> Sorry, 120c.
> Thanks for correcting
> 
> 
>> You really didn't mean 200c did you? :)
>> 

I was wondering the same.

On the #4 issue, so you have a compression guage? Sounds like it's low,

Is the miss just at idle, or all the time? If just at idle, that indicates
more than likely low compression. If it's all the time, there is somehting
failing. A misfiring ign in that cylinder will also cause a black plug. Have
you swapped the plugs from one cylinder to another?

Green coolant will not cause overheating. There is plenty of chatter on this
subject, but it's really only over deposits caused from the green coolant.
Either way, that's what I run in my cars. Customer cars get whatever they
had. IOW, if they come in with green, they leave with green. If they come in
with pink, they leave with pink. With one exception, if they come in with
Dex-Cool they will leave with whatever the customer specifies, with the
exception of Dex-Cool. I WILL NOT put that in anyones car.

Almost sounds like your thermostat may be sticking. Can you give the
situations where it was overheating, i.e. going up a hill, just cruising,
sitting at an idle, etc?

Also sounds like it may be time for an O2 sensor. I recommend the 4-wire
Ford sensor, 1993 F150 5.0 is what I have. Last I checked it was about $45.

HTH,
Tony
_______________________________________________
Audifans V8 mailing list
Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com
Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8

You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at
http://audifans.com/shop/