RE: overheating-I give up-or maybe fixed

["Mr.Eddy" <eperson@students.uiuc.edu>]

thats exactly what happens when air is in the system.  Kinda scary at
first, until all the air works itself out, then you're good to go.

Eric Person
86.5 16v  

At 09:59 PM 5/30/01 -0400, Brad Sayer wrote:
>Well, I played around some more today, rechecked and cleaned all connections 
>(electrical) that could affect this.  Filled it up, ran the car and it 
>boiled over.  But, I was pretty sure I had a bunch of air in there, so I 
>topped it off, and ran it again.  Still was pretty hot.  Pulled upper rad. 
>hose to verify that water was flowing, replaced, refilled lost water, and 
>all of sudden, things were working alright.  Now the fan kicks in a bit 
>above the light at idle.  Still runs above the light at idle and even on the 
>road, but not nearly that bad.  And oil temps are down to 105 (instead of 
>120 before).  Dont know what the hell I did, but it looks like its alot 
>better.
>
>Brad
>
>87 16V - a little bit cooler
>
>
>>From: "Brad Sterling" <bgsterling@earthlink.net>
>>To: "Cheapass Ron" <rapieper@yahoo.com>,        "Scirocco List" 
>><scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: RE: overheating-I give up
>>Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:38:21 -0700
>>
>><snip Ron>
>>* And now for something completely different...
>> >
>> > Follow Ron's suggestion...
>>
>>Oooof...right in the gut.  Somehow I feels that I'm
>>not taken very seriously very often...can someone pls.
>>confirm or deny?
>><end snip>
>>
>>No, no, no.  I'm on your side Ron.  Verify that the gauges are working
>>properly first.  I had this problem with my oil gauge (pressure was good,
>>but gauge was wrong), but I digress.  The part that was "completely
>>different" wasn't "following your suggestion", it was to consider something
>>other than the cooling system at fault.  Since Brad changed the switches,
>>replaced the thermostat, and flushed the system clean, I just thought there
>>could be something else to verify/check prior to pulling the head and
>>getting the water passages cleaned.  That's what I was getting at.  How
>>could I belittle someone who believes that an ounce of innovation is worth 
>>a
>>pound of overpriced tools?
>>
>>BTW, Brad, since you drained and refilled the cooling system, are you sure
>>you have no air trapped in there?
>>
>>- Brad (still trying to apply the KISS principle)
>>'86.5 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
>>'76 International Scout II
>>
>>
>>
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