Re: Talking Heads

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <35FE29CE.7B29D940@pclink.com> Kim Johnson writes:

> What had happened was the housing (cheep plastic crap) to the afterun
> coolant pump had broken at the clamp. My guess is that the cooling
> system completely drained and the engine overheated but with no coolant
> the gauge did not register the high temp. When I started to put water in
> the cooling system the the engine died. I continued filling the system
> and then restarted the car but the cooling system quickly started
> blowing coolant out of the coolant reservoir. I had intended to change
> out the head gasket this Fall but the Audi Gods are vain and called for
> immediate attention.

If you put cold water into a very hot engine while it was still running,
the possibilities include a cracked block.   Even if you do it slowly.

You must _always_ let the engine cool pretty well down before replacing
coolant, especially if a lot has been lost and the thing got pretty
hot.

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