Thanks for the feedback. I put some redline water wetter in but I don't think that this has done a lot of good. How does the lower temp fan switch help? I would think that the fan would be on when it's in the hot zone anyway. I'll put in a switch to manually turn on the fan (gated by the key on so I don't leave it on when the car is off) and see how that helps. I'll also see if I can find a spot for the oil cooler. James Blumenfeld
--- Greg Overman <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > In addition to the oil cooler, I would go with the > lower temp thermostat and > fan switch. It dropped my oil temp by 14-20 degrees. > I'm still going to get > an external cooler but only because my stock "heat > exchanger" has an > internal crack which is letting oil into my coolant. > Greg Overman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Blumenfeld" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:37 AM > Subject: [A2-16v] Running HOT! > > > > > > Hey Guys, > > My 87 1.8 GTI is running awfully hot. With the > AC > > on I see oil temps in the 240 to 250+ range (using > > Mobil1) and the Coolant gauge is way high too. I > > haven't gotton the red light to go on yet but when > it > > gets really hot I turn off the AC and drive it > gently. > > Any thoughts on getting the temps down? The > car > > has 214K miles on it. I was thinking of putting > an > > external oil cooler in (any suggestions on > sources) > > and/or replacing the radiator. I know the fan > works. > > We have had some extra hot weather lately but > still > > there should be a way to get i down. > > Thanks and happy Independence day! > > James Blumenfeld > > 87 gti 16v > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > A2-16v mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
