Pat Dolan
Veteran Member
Josh:DF,
There is actually only one coolant temp sensor on the engine which lives in the coolant outlet flange just underneath the vacuum pump. It feeds it's signal to the cluster, and ECU to my knowlege.
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First of all, please let me congratulate and thank you for an excellent thread. Took me a couple of days to find time to read it all, but not a minute of that was wasted time.
Have you, or anyone else found the way that the ECU drives the coolant temp guage on the panel. I am totally frustrated with the lack of temp sender resistance vs. temp values from Bentley. Be nice if that showed up somewhere.
The axle shims you need WERE listed at Bildon Motorsport (I used some on my daughters A3). Maybe try calling them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_health_care_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States
Was going to try the NAPA UNR 33209 thermostat - but it is only 90C-195F. Will hold out for at least 92 degree Behr or better yet a 95 if anyone can find such an animal from any manufacturer. Our OEM thermostat died in 7 years on ALH, but the VW replacement did not last another year (dont really know why I bought one from them, can not remember manufacturers mark either).
Of course, the big deal out here with thermostats is interior temp - heater performance. With 87 degree stat, it sucks in MkIV.
Regards - Pat