Termperature sky rockets, don't know whats going on, afraid it will overheat
03-15-2005, 01:53 PM
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Termperature sky rockets, don't know whats going on, afraid it will overheat
I was driving my 96 2.8 A4, when suddenly i noticed the water light was on, the temperature was very very high, 3/4's of the way over. so i shut off the car. let it cool down for a bit and check the motor oil, i find that it was almost empty, so i refilled like 2 quarts into it. and again the temperature goes nutty after about a minute of easy driving. the first time i pulled over i noticed i had a trail of water drops, i guess it was antifreeze. any one know whats going on?
03-15-2005, 02:41 PM
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i had some dripping on the floor, near where the right axel goes into the transmission, i think it .
was actually motor oil, sure smelled like it. but could the low motor oil be causing this?, i added about 2 quarts of 10w30 mobile 1 in there for the time being. it still got hot. i know i need 5w40 or something but could that really do that much for heat?
03-15-2005, 05:36 PM
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NEW info, i just started the car from dead cold. the car stayed at the middle mark, and did'nt .....
move for a good 15 mins, while i let it idle, no matter if i pressed anything, but then it suddenly starts rising pretty quickly out of nowhere. just the water temp goes up, the oil temp stays around 65c. currently running it with that 10w 30 i put in earlier. checked the oil before staring to make sure it was good level. any new ideas?
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03-16-2005, 04:34 AM
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Sounds like a bad t-stat....
had a similar issue where my water and oil temps would got up like that except I had no leaks. The issue is definatly in the cooling system not the oil. Although being as low on oil as you were is never good. I'd start by locating the leak first but I think is the t-stat.