Re: ur-quattro air conditioning question

[Funnell <funnell@pobox.com>]

Anton,

I'd be interested in seeing what other answers you get.  I never shut off
my air conditioning because the oil never gets that hot.  Of course, I
haven't driven it at 112 deg ambient lately.

I used to get very high oil temp readings.  I have since completely rewired
the gauge cluster to give it a much better ground.  I then replaced the
aftermarket gauge with one from a coupe, complete with the oil-pump temp
sender matched to the gauge (there are 2 different temp ranges, and the
gauge and sender must match to be accurate).  Note that you can't use the
oil-pump sender with an aftermarket gauge.  

My readings are much more stable now, usually just above 100 deg.  That's
with Castrol Syntec 5W-50.

Richard
'83 urQ

At 06:46 PM 7/13/98 EDT, GaidosIII@aol.com wrote:
>All,
> At what oil temp (those with oil temp gauge) do you choose to shut off your
>air conditioning? For lack of long term experience with the quattro I've
>simply been turning it off if the oil starts to reach 130 C. I must admit I
>feel blind without a coolant temp gauge.
> I'm heading to Las Vegas and beyond in the not too distant future and the
>temps out there are a nice, mild 112 F (44.5 C). Any advice from you long
term
>ur-quattro owners would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks
>Anton
>