Cooling Questions, Oil temp rising

[SequoiaGLX at twcny.rr.com (SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com)]

FWIW, this happened when my car was about 8 years old, in Oklahoma in the summer.  I changed the thermostat and coolant and then decided that wasn't it.  The water temp wouldn't go up too badly but the oil would run around 120 on the highway.  A new radiator cured the problem.

John K. Gates
--
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Rodriguez CJS/ELP <redrocco@gcj.net>
Date: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:23 pm
Subject: Cooling Questions, Oil temp rising

> Hi all
> 
> It's been a while since my last post
> my rocco spend 3 months on my garage standing on hold
> now i'm back on my rocco again with new  mounts, shocks, shifter 
> linkage,cv-joints,moufler and master cylinder
> 
> Now I have a couple of questions 
> 
> Yesterday i was driving my rocco and the oil temp started to rise 
> till 120 c
> check oil level ok, coolant level ok
> but i dont want to take risks .. so i change the oil this morning
> is this a symptom of something  bigger?
> any ideas what to check/ replace?
> 
> Another Q : Is it convenient to remove the thermostat over the summer?
> 
> 
> btw , it's been a very hot summer down here in the juarez/el paso 
> tx area 
> 
> cheers
> 
> Martin Rodriguez
> 85 wolfsburg
> Juarez Mexico
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