2 yes 2 questions in one

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Have you checked your grounds yet?

HTH, JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:48 PM
Subject: 2 yes 2 questions in one


> okies, first question.  Helping a fellow lister with a 2L rebuild and when
> we got to the oil squirters, the bently says to install them using a
sealing
> paste.  So first, is this needed, and secondly, if so, what the hell do we
> use?
>
> Second question.  I started having an odd over heating problem with my
rocco
> (88 16v) last month.  Water temp showed hot, almost red line while the oil
> stayed at normal temps.  I tried changing the temp sensor since I broke
when
> trying to check the connection, had the same result.  Replaced the temp
> gage, same result.  So then I tore down the car a bit to check/replace the
> water pump.  Had a trip come up so the car has sat while I've been away.
> The water pump (still factory original) was in perfect condition to my
> dismay.  Replacing it anyway though.  Also took the oppertunity to replace
> the timing belt and tensioner.
>
> Heres the basic deal.  The car ran normal when the problem started and all
> the while I was swapping sensors and gages.  The car didn't smoke at all
and
> the spark plugs didn't show any sign of uneven running.  However, I found
> that when I put the heater all the way on full blast, the temps wouldn't
> drop until I put it into defrost mode which put the cooling fan into super
> high mode.  Now the fan has been working fine the entire time, going
through
> it's cycle of on/off while the car was running.  So this has been bugging
me
> a lot since I can't find the cause of the problem.  Is it possible that a
> partially clogged radiator could cause this problem with the way the
> plumbing is on a 16v?  Since coolent will still flow without any help from
> the radiator, is it possible that the radiator could be my problem.  I
have
> flushed it since I removed it from the car, but it was too dark out to see
> if anything nasty came out.  So I'm open to ideas as I just can't find a
> smoking gun for the problem.  I'm going to be putting the car back
together
> this week and I don't want to go through all of this just to have the same
> problem so any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> William Snyder
>
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
>
> Web Page: http://www.techography.net:82/scirocco/
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