Re: Flashing water temp light

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

the 16vs do tend to run hot in stock configuration but 3/4 is still a tad
high but then again you are in Texas so....And as far as the flashing temp
light goes. Did you check to make sure your coolant was filled up? I once
had a pinhole size hole in my lower radiator hose and I would only loose
coolant when driving and putting the engine under load. Then one day my
coolant light starts flashing and I find that the coolant resevoir is
practically empty. Good start to check that your coolant is full and you
dont have any leaks anywhere. Oh yeah the coolant tanks tend to leak
around the seams...check that too. HTH




Rich Deede
University Of Delaware (Communications)
1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.



On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Jeffrey Lowe wrote:

> 
> When I cranked the Scirocco up this morning I saw the
> usual flash of the water temp light, but it didn't
> stop flashing like usual. I thought to myself WTF now!
> I've sunk enough $ into this F'ing car in the past
> three months to have bought that Corrado I got all wet
> over back in December. But I remained calm then turned
> off the ignition, re-cranked, no continuous light this
> time, that lasted all of thirty seconds! So I decide I
> need to get my ass in gear for my 22 mile sojourn to
> work and just said the hell with it. I got about 1
> mile down the road and hit a red light and decided to
> give it one last try, turn the ignition off then back
> on again, this time it remained off. 
> 
> Now the only problem(could be in my head), but as I
> drove to work it seemed like the engine was running
> hotter then usual. The water temp was just over 3/4,
> and the Oil temp was at about 118C, I swear my water
> temp never exceeded 1/2 and the Oil temp never seemed
> to go over 105C. What is the norm for a basically
> stock 16V?
> 
> I had no reoccurrence of the light episode on my
> return trip from work, the water temp hovered around
> 2/3, and the Oil temp was the same as the morning.
> 
> Any hints/tips?
> 
> Later...
> 
> =====
> Jeff Lowe
> Garland, Texas
> '86 Scirocco 16V
> '59 Euro Spec Beetle
> 
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