[Alberg30] A4 over heating

[Brian and Elaine Timmins]

If your blockage was after the thermostat housing, you wouldn't be getting
water out the exhaust in your earlier tests. When you say,
"I removed the thermostat housing and ran the engine for a moment and
water is reaching the housing,"
do you mean it barely trickles out or it comes gushing out? It should gush
out.
You probably need a good block flushing or you have a serious blockage at
the "T" fitting where water enters the engine. If the water gets past the
"T", there are many paths for it to flow through to get to the thermostat.
After the thermostat, the path is the same in all of your tests.
Regards,
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "John P Reber" <John.P.Reber at mail.jci.tju.edu>
To: <Public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:35 PM
Subject: [Alberg30] A4 over heating


>
> My A4 has been running hot. The more RPM's the hotter it shows.
>
> Water was coming out the exhaust. So my first thought was the
> thermostat. I removed it and it seemed to hold steady around 110, then I
> read that the thermostat closes the bypass, and if you remove the
> thermostat you should block the bypass.
>
> I blocked off the bypass and the temperature shot right up and there was
> no water running out the exhaust.
>
> I removed the thermostat housing and ran the engine for a moment and
> water is reaching the housing, but apparently is blocked somewhere after
> that.
>
> Is there a routine set of steps for troubleshooting a clog in an A4?
>
> --
> John P. Reber
> Perdida, Alberg30 #456
>
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