RE: Part numbers, and overheating problems

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Have you replaced the thermostat?

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alan Cordeiro [SMTP:alan.cordeiro@mts.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 12, 1998 5:58 PM
> To:	'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
> Subject:	Part numbers, and overheating problems
> 
	[...]
>  Next problem, has re-occured recently, is an overheating problem
> where I lose coolant out the filler cap whenever I drive the car hard.
> The car gets hot, 65 to 70% of the guage, and the coolant bubbles
> out the reservoir.
> 
> No problems with gentle driving habits, but hates idling a lot in
> start
> and stop traffic situations.
> 
> I am running 1.8 bar, goes into high boost regularly when I pust it
> hard,
> and that's when the overheating symptoms appear.
> 
> Alan
> '86 5kQ