Re: overheating

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Zsolt;

    The rapid fluctuations in the temp guage on my '86 5ktq was a sign that
the multifunction temp sensor was bad. Replaced it, and problem solved.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  262k km
-----Original Message-----
From: Zsolt Kovacs <zsolt@telusplanet.net>
To: 'qlist' <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:15 PM
Subject: overheating


>My warning guage in my 86 5ktq has been going off for a while (no time
>having it looked at) but I wasn't overly concerned 'cause my temp guage
>was fine, however today in about 20 min. the temp guage went back and
>forth between min. and max.  (50C-120C) temperatures about 3 times and
>then decided to stay just below 120C. There seem to be enough coolant in
>the system, and the fan didn't go off at all. The outside temp is about
>-8C. I'm wondering if is the thermostat or the sensors, or perhaps
>something else. I know my previous Audis used to run fairly hot, but not
>like this, and only in hot wheather in heavy traffic.
>
>Thanx
>   Zsolt
>