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Re: Re-Over heat



If you have put about 1.5 gallons of coolant in your car then you have 
filled it. If you only put .5 gallons in your car you will have problems. If 
you have a voltmeter and a thermometer I would recommend checking the guage 
sender as per bentley. These do go bad and have false readings. GL !

>I took out the thermostat yesterday. The engine runs cooloer but still,
>today, the temp almost reached the red line (not VDO) on the gauge. The oil
>temp started to go over 100 deg c.
>There is no white smoke from the tail pipe, but it seems to run low on
>coolant. I just poured H2O into the reserve tank till it reached the top. 
>Is
>there some thing else I'm supposed to do?
>What are the symptoms of a bad head gasket or head?
>
>
>TIA
>Julie Macfarlane
>'81 Scirocco (Mom)
>'83 Rabid GTI (Baby)
>'85 Jetta (Wolfsburg)
>
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Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'80 Rocco (For Sale)
'78 Scirocco
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
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