The 2.0 lives - part III (at my wit's end)

[scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com (Brian Wagner)]

Jeff,

Mine just did the same thing recently, I filled from the upper hose and 
drilled hole in the tstat and replaced the water pump and radiator. It took 
me two days to fully burp the system, I got the car upto 7/8 on the gauge 
with the expansion tank cap loose and then let it sit over night. Low and 
behold the damn car took another seemed like 1/2 gallon of antifreeze. Put 
the cap on and drove it to work and it has worked ever since. Big pain in 
the ass though, the car needs two purge vents one on the radiator and one on 
the head (hell even Honduh's have these).

My .02

Brian


>From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: The 2.0 lives - part III (at my wit's end)
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:10:24 -0800 (PST)
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>Fresh hoses, put back the original thermostat (which was a 71'C, BTW), 
>drilled two 1/16" holes into it, filling the radiator and the block...what 
>else? The goddamn radiator is still not getting hot. I wonder if the 8mm 
>deep socket I lost during the swap is floating around in there somewhere 
>(and you think I'm joking...)
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>I guess it's gotta be burped some more, but how much of this has to be 
>done?
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>What is some unspecting roc owner took their car to JiffyLube or something 
>to have their coolant flushed? Would the technician (if you can call them 
>that) know to fill the system this way? Doubt it... Lousy fucking design. 
>The Mk1 design is so much more straight forward....
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>I'm leaning on taking it to the damn shop - I can't afford to be without my 
>daily driver for this long...
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>JT
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