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Offline mac456

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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #20 on: 27 August 2009, 18:24 »
so does anybody know how safe it is to drive the car around when it sits at 85-89. can i fully use it?

what harm is the thermastat doing to my engine when it is overcooling?
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #21 on: 27 August 2009, 18:27 »
anything which the car aint meant to do is bad for your engine.. not sure how bad it is driving around with a bad thermostat... but i would assume it would eventually damage your headgasket?? sum1 with more experience can shed more light for you on this mate
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #22 on: 27 August 2009, 18:37 »
Quote from: mac456 on 27 August 2009, 18:24
so does anybody know how safe it is to drive the car around when it sits at 85-89. can i fully use it?

what harm is the thermastat doing to my engine when it is overcooling?

As is its running cooler it wont harm you engine. You may see poor MPG as the ecu needs everything to be correct otherwise it will make incorrect adjustments - leaving on the autochoke longer ect ect  :smiley:
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #23 on: 27 August 2009, 18:42 »
Quote from: richw911 on 27 August 2009, 18:37
Quote from: mac456 on 27 August 2009, 18:24
so does anybody know how safe it is to drive the car around when it sits at 85-89. can i fully use it?

what harm is the thermastat doing to my engine when it is overcooling?

As is its running cooler it wont harm you engine. You may see poor MPG as the ecu needs everything to be correct otherwise it will make incorrect adjustments - leaving on the autochoke longer ect ect  :smiley:

Indeed. 

Mine has been playing up too!  I'm changing out the thermostat and replacing coolant this weekend.  Poor MPG is about the only thing I've noticed in the last few days.  Not sure what lengthy use would do, guess engine aint warming up properly so maybe increased wear over a longer period?
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #24 on: 27 August 2009, 18:45 »
yeah  :sad:. havnt really noiced bad mpg though.


oh well gonna have to get reading the guide
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #25 on: 27 August 2009, 19:23 »
just done a little test, took 10 mins to heat up to 90 idleling.

then went onto a daul carrigeway and it defo dropped down :(
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #26 on: 27 August 2009, 20:17 »
New stat then. Took me over 2 hours as it was snowing!
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #27 on: 28 August 2009, 17:04 »
if anyones interested. i got a garage to do it in the end, the guide looked abit to technical for my machanical knowledge, cost my just just over 100 notes (2hours labour they say), think iv been rip off!  :rolleyes: nice present for pay day. oh well its works properly now, up to tempeture quickly!




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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #28 on: 28 August 2009, 17:09 »
what part did they change mate? Genuine VW part?
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Re: temperature - 90c
« Reply #29 on: 28 August 2009, 17:22 »
thermostat, gen vw as well
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