Same thing, but I also went to a 1.8 head. Coolant half-way and 210 cruising. Now coolant a little past half-way and 230. After 250 the sender jumps around, up to 310 once. Maybe the sender's bad.
On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Anthony Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was able to get the GLI back together with just some gaskets and 4 new > intake valves. I did notice some increased temps with the new gasket (a > friend has the same set up in his Jetta and noticed the same thing.) Coolant > temp is always 1/2 way on the guage and oil is 230 just cruising around. Seem > about 20 degrees warmer than before. Cyl head is pretty much the same as oil > temp. > > Anyone else use ABA find the same thing? I am still using a stock > thermostat, but thinking of throwing a 80c in there. > > Thanks, > Tony > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
