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Offline jasonpi

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« on: 21 April 2004, 09:39 »
i think that trip to newark did some damage to my car :'(
apart from the tappets getting louder i went for a 5 minute drive yesterday to notice the water temp light flashing like crazy and the oil temp at 125deg whats happening any advice welcome
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Offline benjam_in

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« Reply #1 on: 21 April 2004, 10:16 »
Was it a long trip? If so you probably lost a bit of oil and water. I normally find i loose loads of oil on long trips and me tappits get well loud, but when i top up the oil the go quiet again! Toping up the water should also turn off the flashing light!
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Offline davidhawkins_78

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« Reply #2 on: 21 April 2004, 11:21 »
Sounds like if your oil is getting that hot it's time for a oil chnage with some pucker oil !

When I first got my GTI the oil tempwas always on the high side - changed it and all good - just a sign of cheap oil i'd say ....

Anyone think different ???
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« Reply #3 on: 21 April 2004, 12:13 »
mr hawkins might have the right idea, oil really is the f**kin life blood of these motors mate, if its cheap and old it'll make a huge difference.

give it some new quality fluids all round and see if there's a difference ;)
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