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OMG! It's not the heat, well...



Just North of ya, didn't get any rain.  It was hovering around 100F and mine
never even touched 100C oil temp.  Fan didn't even need to come on.  Must be
that good EVANs cooloant.

On 7/18/06, Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It was 101F here and last night before the rain, around 2230, it was still
> in the 80's.
>
> The radiator fan in Ellen's corrado came on without the car even running,
> not sure why, but I finally had to diconect the battery to turn it off.
> Maybe the relay stuck open from the heat?
>
> Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heat? I think Seattle topped out at 85ish yesterday... our summer is
> winding down. I am going to wear pants to the airport because it's too
> friggin cold for shorts this early and believe it or not mexico city is in
> their rainy season so it's pretty chilly too.
>
> I wish I had some heat Jeez!
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 7/18/06, julie@menloparkrandd.com wrote:
> >
> > 1) Nope for the Vin
> > 2) Dang. Sorry about the problem with the car. Sheesh, mine seems to
> hate
> > the heat as well.
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: David Winchell, II [mailto:davidwinchell2@sprynet.com]
> > >Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 06:47 AM
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: OMG! It's not the heat, well...
> > >
> > >OMG! It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Well, it is the heat and
> > >humidity actually.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Last night, I took out the 16V to ride over and look at the car Julie
> is
> > >buying and get her some information. (Did I send you the VIN?) I left
> the
> > >house at 6:45 PM. We have been under heat advisories for about the last
> > >week. When I left it was still 98*. With the heat index the real feel
> was
> > >109. At 6:45 PM people?!?! God, I love the south, but please, a little
> > help
> > >here?!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >To make a long story short, about four blocks from my house the car
> just
> > >dies right after taking off from a stop. Coast to the side of the road,
> > try
> > >to restart. not gonna do it. The motor was turning, but not dice. SUCK!
> > >It's TOO HOT! There I am already drenched is sweat, longing to get home
> > and
> > >jump back in the shower and the car won't go any where. A couple of
> > minutes
> > >under the hood and I found the culprit. On the 16V there are two ground
> > >wires that are joined into one single crimp and attached to the
> negative
> > >cable right at the post. It sheared at the connector. What do these go
> to
> > >that the car would run with it, but not with out them? Anyone know?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I was able to MacGyver the line to get over to John's house and check
> out
> > >Julies new ride and then back to mine without incident. I am just
> curious
> > >what those grounds lead to that are able to kill the car with out them
> > >properly attached.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >David Winchell, II
> > >
> > >87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
> > >
> > >84 Scirocco BBS Turbo G60
> > >
> > >80 Scirocco S
> > >
> > >04 .:R32 DBP
> > >
> > >00 Silverado
> > >
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)