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- 01-28 11:14 AM #1DMGuest
A3 Coolant Warning
Hi All,
My first Audi: an A3 1.8T Sport with DIS (onboard computer)
We have had a lot of very cold weather as I live directly next to the north
sea
and went to my local VW dealer (nearest Audi dealer is 100+ miles
away) for advice on long life anti freeze (the red stuff audi uses) and if
it needed topping up before the onset of winter.
The ever so friendly mechanic told me that if its servicing was up to date
then antifreeze should be fine as long as its up to the level (it is).
Start up the other day .... DIS performs self-check = OK then after couple
of minutes of running (before I set off) the "Critical Coolant Warning" came
on - so I switched off and checked the engine.
Coolant level was fine, coolant temp couldnt be too hot (just switched on
engine) - any ideas what could have triggered it?
Any advice for a newbie appreciated.
Dan.
- 01-29 06:43 AM #2GrahamGuest
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- 01-29 07:25 PM #3RuneGuest
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Exactly the same happened to my wife's -98 A4 Avant 1.6 only days after
delivery. Dealer took it away on a flatbed truck and performed what they
described as a "Ctrl-Alt-Del" on the computer. To be absolutely sure they
changed the sensor for coolant level/temp (?) some months later. We still
have the car and this problem has never appeared again.
Rune S.
- 02-01 11:10 PM #4DMGuest
Re: A3 Coolant Warning
Thanks for the replies.
Well the cold (-5C) weather has gone and everything looks fine, have used
car several times since.
Its going for a service next week so will have to mention it then. I wonder
if the very cold weather caused the water to contract and the level to drop
and as engine got warm it expanded again and came back to level... Who
knows?!
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- 02-02 02:37 AM #5MichaelGuest
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DM wrote:
Higly unlikely, as you're only talking about -5C. These coolants are
anyway designed to work in various temperatures, and they should work in
-40C also. So I'd say you have something wrong in the sensors there.
- Yak
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