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[SPAM] RE: Motor Mounts.
If it is just above the light, that should be plenty fine. You still have a
lot of margin left before you truly overheat. You might also want to
confirm what the temp is when this happens. Although it does not happen
often, it is possible that that sensor is too sensitive, and is giving you a
false reading of it being higher than it truly is. How to check? Not many
ways other than using an infrared pyrometer (infrared digital thermometer).
These are getting downright cheap at about 75-90 dollars. If that is not an
option, you may want to try to locate a radiator shop and see if you can
confirm highh temperatures. Thinking of that, if you radiator is original,
it is entirely possible that you have a partial block in the radiator,
thereby lowering efficiency... This could again be confirmed by the
pyrometer. Have you done a flush lately? How old is your thermostat?
Apologies for the jumbled thoughts. It is the way I think... ;-)
David
-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Greg Pallett
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 7:45 PM
To: C Boyko
Cc: Scirocco list
Subject: Re: Motor Mounts.
I'm expcting about $300 (ish).
My 'Roc dosen't overheat, it just runs... hot... if I'm stuck in
traffic the needle creeps to above the indicator light.
Been thinking about one of those flex-a-lite electric fans, too. The
bearings in the fan now are getting kinda noisy.
THoughts on the fan?
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:27:32 -0500 (EST), C Boyko
<roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> 8v (with a 16v bodykit.... but that dosen't count this time) I'm
> pretty sure it's oil, cause that's what fluid is down... and the
> brakes haven't failed
> When I top off the coolant tank, I might ge a bit of overflow, but the
> car dosen't run too hot. Don't all scirocos run a little on the warm
> side?
>
> G
>
My 8V hasn't been too bad for overheating, except when the fan wires
accidentally got unhooked. It did have oil loss issues when I got it,
leaky rear main seal, evidenced by drips off the bottom of the bell
housing. The PO said it used quite a bit of oil, and told me about the
failed seal before I bought the car.
--
Cathy
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