Re: overheating-I give up

["the mad bastard" <the-mad-bastard@home.com>]

    talked to a buddy of mine about this 2 days ago.  he just swapped an oil
sensor for his coolant sensor (or vice versa) in his 2.0 16V that was
displaying similar problems (coolant readings above the LED at idle; way up
near/in red at the track; fan that would only come on when things were super
hot)

    anyways, when he put the new sensor in, everything was fixed.

    HTH!

jason
the mad bastard

----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Sayer <vwrocco85@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: overheating-I give up


> Looks like its time to give up and actually bring this car to a mechanic.
>
> Problem:
> Car runs at at least 3/4 of temp guage or higher, with oil temps over 120.
> This is at idle in 60 degree weather, no AC.  Fan cycles on and off, but
> only at 3/4 or higher.
>
> Attempted solutions:
> Replaced - fan switch, thermostat, temp sender
> All hoses are fine.  Not leaking coolant.  Had radiator flow tested and
was
> fine.  Flushed several times, coolant runs clean.
> Ran car with upper radiator hose off, water spews out pretty good, seeming
> to be that the water pump is fine.
>
> What else?  Am I missing something?
>
> Brad
>
> 87 16V
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