I thought my temps were in the 270s before but I really could be wrong. Now it is 210-220 max under track driving or in traffic with the ac on.
Sounds like you should probably try a new radiator. $80 and it isn't too hard to replace. Chad On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Jim Verheul wrote: > On my '89 1.8 16v, that is about what I saw after a new radiator, water > pump, and elimination of the water/oil heat exchanger. I have a new to me '92 > 2L 16v that runs as high as 270's in the desert with the AC on (El Centro, > CA)! I am in the process of removing the heat exchanger now and putting in a > new radiator. I also brushed a LOT of little stones out of the AC condensor, > should help air flow. Radiators are cheap! I hope I don't still have to add > an oil cooler after this is done. > > JV > ---- Adam Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess one question I have is, what IS an acceptable running temperature to > > be seeing on the MFA/Coolant gauge? > > Once my car warms up, cruising at 60-65 it runs about 210 on the MFA and in > > town going down long road at 45mph it drops to 202-205. > > In stand still traffic, it gets about as high as 225-230~ on the mfa but > > cools way down once i start moving again. Thats about right isnt it? > > I had my AC and AC rad pulled so my radiator can breathe a lot easier, when > > I had it done last year, i noticed an immediate difference of almost 10 > > degrees across all the diff driving conditions. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Galen Bergthold" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:25 PM > > Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] help! overheating problem! > > > > > > > Andrew, > > > > > > My car behaved similarly a few years ago (91 GTI 16V - stock). In the > > > summer, as I kept driving it daily to work, it kept getting hotter and > > > hotter on both the temperature gauge and the MFA until I had to turn off > > the > > > AC to get the overheat light to go off. No leaks, level OK, water pump OK, > > > radiator fan (single fan) ran OK. I flushed the system, using Prestone > > super > > > coolant flush, refilled w/distilled water and new coolant. This helped the > > > temperatures drop about 10 degrees per MFA but didn't really solve the > > > problem. I reflushed the system cleaned/power-washed the outside of the > > > radiator and installed a low temperature thermostat (80 C). This made the > > > car warm up a little slower but didn't help the overall temperature issue. > > I > > > finally bought a new (stock) radiator and installed it. Problem solved. My > > > old radiator must have had too much internal corrosion for good heat > > > transfer. I can now run the AC in the summer, in traffic, with no > > > overheating. > > > HTH, > > > GBergthold > > > > > > >From: Andrew White <[email protected]> > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Subject: [a2-16v-list] help! overheating problem! > > > >Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:58:35 -0400 > > > > > > > >OK- so I have an overheating problem, but I'm not really sure the car is > > > >actually overheating. It's a 1992 16v GLI 2.0, and I just had the > > > >headgasket replaced last week by a good shop. They checked the head, it > > > >wasn't warped at all- was in great shape. Since then, I've been running > > > >hot- about 3/4 on the temp gauge, about 224-234 on the oil gauge. The car > > > >has a brand new low-temp thermostat, as well as a passat dual radiator > > fan > > > >set up. Should be nice and cool. The odd thing is that the overheating > > > >light keeps on coming on- sometimes about about 5/8ths of the way up the > > > >temp gauge, sometimes at about 220 for oil temps. The car doesn't seem to > > > >be over heating (and the coolant level is not low). The radiator fan > > kicks > > > >on fine, but the temperatures it comes on at does not seem to reflect > > what > > > >my gauges are reading. I've tried a few things (see below) to no avail- > > has > > > >anyone got any ideas? It's really fustrating, my next step might be to > > > >replace the actual coolant temp sensor and see if that helps. > > > > > > > >What I've done: > > > >1. "Burp" the coolant system to get out air bubbles, there were some, but > > > >not a ton (am going to redo that today) > > > >2. Tried bypassing the coolant level sensor, overheat light still came > > on. > > > >3. Clean up the wire on the coolant temp sensor, overheat light still > > came > > > >on. > > > >4. Put in a new thermostat (180 degree), overheat light still came on. > > > >5. Checked timing- was right on. > > > > > > > >The odd thing is that sometimes my oil temps hits 230 on the highway when > > I > > > >have the A/C on, and the overheat light comes on. Turning off the A/C > > cools > > > >the car back to about 224, overheat light goes off. It sounds like a flow > > > >problem to me, but the radiator heats across the whole thing, it looks > > like > > > >I have good flow back to the return bottle, and the water pump is not > > > >leaking/makes no noise. > > > > > > > >Help!! > > > > > > > >Andrew > > > > > > > >........................................................................ > > > >PGP public key available from: > > > >http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x82D3E4A0 > > > > > > > >26 + 6 = 1 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >a2-16v-list mailing list > > > >[email protected] > > > >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > >For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
