Re: coolant loss

["Ryan McCarthy" <rmccarthy777@msn.com>]

My rocco is exactly the opposite. The faster I go, the cooler it runs. Sucks
in the winter, though. I attribute this to my removal of the A/C condensor
from in front of the radiator allowing much better air flow. Who knows...

Ryan

>
> List,
>
> Thanks to all of you who responded with advice on my problem with coolant
loss.
> Thankfully, as it turned out, it was only  a small leak in the radiator
webbing
> - the hole was so small that escaping coolant evaporated immediately and
was
> difficult to spot. The hole was welded but after some time the leak sprang
again
> - As a result I decided to change the entire the entire radiator webbing
(costs
> me a bit!) - The radiator is made of copper whereas stock rocco radiators
are
> aluminium.
>
> In a country where the general atmosphere temp is 33 deg C, I now run the
> following:
>
> - normal town running: 90 deg F
> - highway running at around 50mph to 60mph: 100deg F
> - highway running anything higher than 60mph: the temp increases above
100deg F
> the faster I go.
>
> I read somewhere (I think in the Haynes manual) that the normal operating
temp
> as specified by Vw is 98 deg F - does anyone know if that is correct - I
know a
> lot of you out there run at temperatures much higher.
>
> I have always had some cooling problems with the car since I first bought
it 1
> year ago - for the first time it now all works properly and I took it up
to
> about 130 kph - however the rpm at this speed is about 4300 which I think
is
> excessive.  I am now desperate to get the .75 5th gear conversion kit ( I
run
> the FM gearbox) - Potterman only had half the kit in stock - so I suppose
I now
> have to go to Autotech direct - does anyone know somebody at Autotech and
be
> kind enough to call them to see if they would be willing to courier the
kit by
> air to Singapore? thanks a lot
>
> James
>
>
>
>
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