First off I own a 2001 A4 1.8T.
I was driving home from work and after about 10min of driving my car overheated on the freeway. I was able to get it home but I'm not quite sure what the problem is. It will heat up extremely quickly when driving it (it would overheat in ~1/2mi if I drove it that long) but when idling it can maintain a temperature that puts the needle at about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up.
- My coolant level is fine and the coolant itself appears to be clean and free of any oil
- My heater blows hot air and the top radiator hose is hot
- It worked just fine on my way to work 8 hours earlier
I suspect it's the water pump. I think that only a coolant flow issue would cause it to overheat that quickly. I'm thinking about buying this kit and having a mechanic install it. I figure if I'm going to pay them to tear the whole front end off to install the water pump I'd be foolish to not do the belts as well.
I'm looking for any insight\advice before doing this, as I know it's going to cost me quite a bit of money. Any help is appreciated. :)
I was driving home from work and after about 10min of driving my car overheated on the freeway. I was able to get it home but I'm not quite sure what the problem is. It will heat up extremely quickly when driving it (it would overheat in ~1/2mi if I drove it that long) but when idling it can maintain a temperature that puts the needle at about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up.
- My coolant level is fine and the coolant itself appears to be clean and free of any oil
- My heater blows hot air and the top radiator hose is hot
- It worked just fine on my way to work 8 hours earlier
I suspect it's the water pump. I think that only a coolant flow issue would cause it to overheat that quickly. I'm thinking about buying this kit and having a mechanic install it. I figure if I'm going to pay them to tear the whole front end off to install the water pump I'd be foolish to not do the belts as well.
I'm looking for any insight\advice before doing this, as I know it's going to cost me quite a bit of money. Any help is appreciated. :)
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