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Phil,
I'm scared for you. If your oil light was blinking
and you kept driving that means that you were driving with little or no oil
pressure and could have caused damage to the engine.Check your oil
level!
Now, you made several references to the water, so
I'm wondering if it was your water light blinking, and not your oil light. If
so, you're not in as bad of trouble.
I would suspect that if the fan hasn't turned on
but the engine is running hot, your thermostat is stuck shut from that goop you
put in your radiator and water is not properly circulating to cool your
engine.
With more positive information about what was
blinking in your dash board, we might be able to help more.
Good luck --
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:16 PM
Subject: Overtemp!
Help!
So I am driving home form work
and my oil light starts flashing, I keep driving hoping I didn't blow a rad
hose (just added stop leak yesterday), so then I turn the fan on full blast do
try to disperse some of the heat, but my temp reads out at 102. Then the light
goes solid, but fairly dim - by the time I get to my brothers house it is
intermitent dim-solid and off... I open the hood and the main rad hose
is VERY hot... I let it sit for 25 mins then I open the reservior cap and I am
not empty but really low.. before I stopped the engine I noticed the fan
wasn't on, I checked the connections and all was fine. I must have sprayed out
of a small leak I had in the reservior container when the engine was hot cause
there was fluid all over...
I don't have my bently yet and
I don't know alot about vw's but could my fan switch or thermostat switch have
malfunctioned? I don't even know where it is..
Please help!!!
Phil Miron
Winnipeg, Canada
1984 1.8L 8V Scirocco
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