RE: Temp Question

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

In message <l03020900b24e15f472e8@[194.134.63.95]> Tom Nas writes:
>
> >I listed similar problems with our coupe on the 20v list.  Same deal.
> >Intermittant Coolant Level Low idiot light.  Level was fine.  This happened
> >for a period of a couple of weeks.  One trip even involved wife and friend
> >driving 900 miles in it over the weekend.  Next drive was catastrophic...
>
> My car had a low coolant warning, too- apparently without reason. It became
> very hot, too, and ultimately boiled over. I initially suspected the temp
> sensor in the rad, but after some investigation found out that it was a bad
> connection on the fan motor. Repaired that, hey presto!

The Passat's been losing about a litre every six months.  Found the
cause last week - one of those dumb spring clips (the sort you can
release by squeezing the ends together with grips) had started to
fail.

It could have popped of at almost any time.

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