Coolent system upgrade questions

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

im kinda jumping into this thread a bit late (it appears this has been an 
ongoing saga).
please tell me you have tried running straight water with VERY LITTLE 
coolant. like 10-15%. then try and see how cool it runs. also, you could try 
flushing the radiator with purple power (off of the car, of course).
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Coolent system upgrade questions


> Ok, so temps in the rocco still arn't what they used to be so it's time ot
> take things a step further.
>
> What I picked up
> 160F t-stat
> 2gal of VW "Orange" coolent  (dats some exspensive shit)
> 16v passat dual radiator fan + new belt
>
> SO I'm sure you see where this is going.  Things I'm unsure of: How the 
> hell
> to mount the dual fan system to a scirocco 16v w/AC radiator.  It 
> certainly
> doesn't line up with anything and I knew it wouldn't.  But al also know 
> that
> some of you folks run this system and have solutions.  Now I'd like to 
> have
> a good solution, I already tossed out the zip tie idea as I'm shooting for 
> a
> much cleaner look.  So anything not involving zip ties is more then 
> welcome.
>
> Now, I'd also like some validation for why I bought the orange coolent.
> I've had a few different folks tell me it's what I should use, though non
> were technical enough to give me good reasons other then "it's whats in my
> jetta/passat/golf".  So is there anything different between the orange 
> stuff
> and your average everyday prestone coolent?
>
> Ok, while I await all the answers, I'm gonna go drain my damn coolent 
> system
> for the 3rd time this year in hopes of cooling this thing off since I'm
> pretty sure it's the t-stat now.  But I'm always looking for ways to make
> her run cooler.
>
> William Snyder
>
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
>
>
>
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