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

[Dave Saad]

My electric fan comes on low speed long before that, and I have never seen the temp needle much above 100c - even in summer with the AC on.

It may be worth it to look into this a little more - it sounds like you run a little hot.

Dave

On Sep 16, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Paul DAnneo wrote:

> 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
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