Re: '90 V8Q: Hot coolant temp!

["Anthony K.B. Chan" <chan@seattleu.edu>]

You thermostat might be stuck close or you fan is not kicking in or could 
be both. If the fan is not kicking in, you probably want to check the fan 
switch then check the fan itself. I used to have a 85' 5000s which had 
the same problem which turned out to be a stuck thermostat. 

Anthony Chan, First Hill, Seattle, WA, USA
chan@seattleu.edu
92' 100 V6

On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Chris King wrote:

> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 22:12:50 -0500
> From: Chris King <cking@legend.txdirect.net>
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: '90 V8Q: Hot coolant temp!
> 
> The last couple of days I have noticed a strange behavior from my V8.
> Whenever I am idling, say at a stop light or fast food window, the coolant
> temp gauge gets really high.  While waiting at McDonald's today, the needle
> went past the 120 celsius mark, which is all the way to the right.  I was
> only waiting for about 5 minutes.  As soon as I got back on the road, it
> dropped back down to around the halfway mark, which is about 100 celsius.
> No warnings or anything ever came on to tell me the car was overheating.
> 
> Also, and I don't know if this is connected in anyway or not, my oil
> temperature has been getting hotter that it had been.  It had been staying a
> little to the right of the second hash mark on the gauge, but recently I
> have seen it get up to the 130 celsius mark.  I am running Mobil 1 15-50 oil...
> 
> Any ideas what might be causing this behavior?  Granted, it has been in the
> mid-90's here the past few days, so that doesn't help, but the coolant
> doesn't seem like it should heat up at idle that quickly.  Could it be a
> faulty thermostat?  Or is the coolant gauge just small, meaning that maybe
> all the way to the right means 1/2 to 3/4 on another car?
> 
> TIA!
> 
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>  Chris King           ===================================================
>  cking@txdirect.net    '94 Corrado SLC        (Sherry Red/Beige Leather)
>  San Antonio, TX       '90 V8 Quattro           (Black/Platinum Leather)
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