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90 deg C for oil might be a bit low...
AFAIK you want the oil temps @~100 deg c so as to drive any water in the =
oil out through the Crankcase breather=20
Jason Adams
Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
84 rocco 16v
93 320i
98 Z71
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Robbie Cotner=20
To: Hudin Lucian=20
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org=20
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: my 16v water temp. gone crazy
90C? For Oil temp? That's great!! Mines usually between 100-115. =
For your coolant temp, I'm guessing it's just a wiring problem. Clean =
up the connections on your temp sensors. HTH,
-Rob
Hudin Lucian <lucian.hudin@transart.ro> wrote:
my KR engine was dissassembled/replaced a few broken =
things/assembled,
after that I
had to make a 500 km trip and some weird problems appeared.
First, the oil temp. is going under 90C only if I constantly mantain =
a
>100km/h speed.
Then, suddenly, after about 200 km, the water temp. indicator went =
to min.
in an instant even though the
water was clearly hot. Since then its red led is blinking always and =
the
indicator is acting randomly,
sometimes stays at min, sometimes buzzes, sometimes goes to max then =
drops
to min in under 30 seconds.
I was happy to get home and not get a ticket for speeding, I was =
constantly
going 100-120 km/h.
And another annoying thing that happen is that the right parking =
lights
suddenly were ON, without any reason at all
, I never used the lights in months.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>90 deg C for oil might be a bit =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>AFAIK you want the oil temps @~100 deg =
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drive any water in the oil out through the Crankcase breather =
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<DIV>Jason Adams<BR>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)<BR>84 rocco 16v<BR>93 =
320i<BR>98=20
Z71<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: my 16v water temp. =
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crazy</DIV>
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<DIV>90C? For Oil temp? That's great!! Mines usually =
between=20
100-115. For your coolant temp, I'm guessing it's just a wiring=20
problem. Clean up the connections on your temp sensors. =
HTH,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-Rob<BR><BR><B><I>Hudin Lucian <<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:lucian.hudin@transart.ro";>lucian.hudin@transart.ro</A>>=
</I></B>=20
wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px =
solid">my=20
KR engine was dissassembled/replaced a few broken =
things/assembled,<BR>after=20
that I<BR>had to make a 500 km trip and some weird problems=20
appeared.<BR><BR>First, the oil temp. is going under 90C only if I=20
constantly mantain a<BR>>100km/h speed.<BR><BR>Then, suddenly, =
after=20
about 200 km, the water temp. indicator went to min.<BR>in an =
instant even=20
though the<BR>water was clearly hot. Since then its red led is =
blinking=20
always and the<BR>indicator is acting randomly,<BR>sometimes stays =
at min,=20
sometimes buzzes, sometimes goes to max then drops<BR>to min in =
under 30=20
seconds.<BR>I was happy to get home and not get a ticket for =
speeding, I was=20
constantly<BR>going 100-120 km/h.<BR><BR>And another annoying thing =
that=20
happen is that the right parking lights<BR>suddenly were ON, without =
any=20
reason at all<BR>, I never used the lights in=20
=
months.<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR=
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