Wyldebeast

Hello. I recently bought a used 2016 tts. I've had the car for a week now and noticed that my engine stays extremely hot after driving only 15 km to and from work even tho I'm not pushing the engine hard at all.. Even after 2 hours of sitting in the garage the engine is still quite warm. When driving the car the engine temperature is always normal and no warning lights come on. Upon further investigation I found an old service record in the glove box stating that the previous owner had the car over heat and they added water to the rad. The car was serviced and had the coolant pump replaced along with the fan. Is it possible this issue was not fixed correctly?

macaddict111

Welcome to the forum! Can you define "extremely hot"? Just seems hot, or what's your oil temp? If your water temp is 4/8 dots and your oil is staying around 220-230 at the highest, you're just fine. I have a feeling there's a slight leak around my thermostat, so I may have to have it replaced too.

Wyldebeast

After driving the car for about 15 mins, pretty much everything under the hood is untouchable. Even when I go to open the hood it's just radiating heat like crazy. I've never had a vehicle with an engine this hot before. Maybe i'm just being paranoid lol.

McTTRS

Ignoring your perception of the heat under the hood, the oil and water temperature is what matters. What are they?

Wyldebeast

Water is 4/8 and oil temp is 200

McTTRS

Being that you are in the great white north, you are talking degrees F right? If so, I had a 2016 TTS and both sound normal to me. I had a tune on the TTS and seem to recall oil temps as high as 220 if really pushed. If I push my current RS really hard, the oil gets up to 215 ish . As compared to older cars, I think the newer cars and Audi's in particular maintain higher heat levels as part of an overall emissions strategy.

macaddict111

Wyldebeast

Thanks for the Info, I appreciate it. I've never had a sports car of this caliber so i'm not entirely sure whats normal or not. Good thing there's an awesome forum for these kinds of questions.

macaddict111

Remember, the TTS uses the most "driven" version of the Gen 3 EA888 engine, which gets the most power out of the family before adding a cylinder for the RS version. It gets a lot of power out of a very small engine with a big turbo, and uses three radiators and an intercooler to deal with it. This is also exactly why you should keep up on all the maintenance Audi requires, as the components and fluids go through a lot more thermal stress than a "normal" engine.

Hope you're enjoying it!

Huey52