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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #10 on: 13 March 2005, 18:29 »
Totally irrelavant mate.
Water will conduct, does it not?  :wink:
After all you wouldn't drop your toaster in the bath would you? nothing to do with antifreeze  :laugh:
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #11 on: 13 March 2005, 18:38 »
The sensor in the expansion tank is a level sensor, it will not tell you if the coolant mix is wrong, it will tell you when it is low.
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #12 on: 13 March 2005, 19:53 »
Cheers Steve, thats what i was trying to say all along, but it fell on deaf ears  :laugh:
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #13 on: 14 March 2005, 08:18 »
« Last Edit: 14 March 2005, 08:31 by rubjonny »
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #14 on: 15 March 2005, 14:12 »
Ok, sorry, its on a couple of forums, so it must be true ?:laugh:
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #15 on: 15 March 2005, 14:19 »
Did you notice how the first guy solved his temp light problem just by replacing the coolant?  Think what you like, I'm sure the sensor also monitors the antifreeze concentration.  The only thing I'm not sure of if its all MK2s that do it or only the late ones with the round expansion tank.
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #16 on: 15 March 2005, 14:40 »
thats a new one on me also

didnt do it on my late 16v (round bottle) and doesnt do it on my current 16v (early bottle)

and my late 16v was running on pure water at one stage!!
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #17 on: 15 March 2005, 15:46 »
I was thinking along the lines off if you had too much antifreeze it would flash, as the conductivity would be too low?  You don't want to be running too much antifreeze as it is less efficient at transfering heat than water.

I'm doubting myself now, if only I had a level sensor to do some testing with :grin:
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #18 on: 15 March 2005, 16:51 »
Yes Rubjonny, that is correct.
Too much antifreeze will probably make the light flash, but it would have to be virtually 100% antifreeze ?:laugh:
This is because antifreeze is actually a poor conductor.
So you are now infact contradicting yourself ?:evil:
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Re: Temperature light
« Reply #19 on: 15 March 2005, 16:55 »
Mate why don't you read my post again starting from the top left and working through every word till you get to the last full stop, that is exactly what I just said  :grin:
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