Re: COOLANT STILL EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maxim Gatsuts <maxim@hugo.kiev.ua>]

>In a message dated 97-05-20 23:45:08 EDT, SMH100@aol.com writes:
>
><< Guys,
> I changed the Thermo Switch....i am still having major over heatage
> problemos.  My car spits out coolant everywhere from the resivoir cap.
>  What's next, thermistat, water pump.  ARGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! please help...
> Audi,
> Sean Houghton
> 87' 4kq 60k
>  >>
>Sean,
>
>Maybe the  cap's at fault.  Is it tightening down firmly and how does the
>rubber gasket look?  If it won't hold the pressure, then it might be faulty.
> Otherwise I'd bring it in to a reputable shop before something really
>serious happens.  There's no trace of oil in the coolant or coolant in the
>oil, is there?               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^

Yes! That is what I am thinking about - blown head gasket:( Reservoir cap
has emergency valve which opens when coolant pressure is higher then
normal (do not know figures). Sometimes when gasket blown just a little
bit there is no even traces of oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil.

>
>-Ingo

Maxim
Kiev, Ukraine
'85 Audi 80 Quattro