Does Everyones B5 have lots of heat soak?
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I disagree about the coolant just sitting in the pipes comment. Its definately not circulating as it normally does but there are convection currents. The coolant enters the turbo (yes, the KO3 is oil/water cooled) heats, and then rises towards the coolant tank where it cools and drops towards the radiator bottom. This recirculation helps cool the turbo without the need for a timer. I do still allow cool down time while I drive and I let it idle between 15 seconds and a minute
#22
I disagree about the coolant just sitting in the pipes comment. Its definately not circulating as it normally does but there are convection currents. The coolant enters the turbo (yes, the KO3 is oil/water cooled) heats, and then rises towards the coolant tank where it cools and drops towards the radiator bottom. This recirculation helps cool the turbo without the need for a timer. I do still allow cool down time while I drive and I let it idle between 15 seconds and a minute. But theres not a need for sitting 5 minutes idling.
#23
Im just gonna take the car in Saturday to a local shop and they are going to do a cooling system check. The like now has NO issue making it to the second line, and after a hard quarter mile sprint the gauge was creeping up even though I was still driving around. The oil temp hit 250 too for the first time since i've owned the car. It does smell hot under the hood, I cant tell if its a coolant smell or what, but its got an off smell. When I saw he gauge creep after the quarter mile, I set my heater control to HI and it still came out cool. Does the car not actually go to heater due to the ambient temps being around 100? I ask because at the end of winter, the heater wouldnt produce warm air at idle. Unless the car was being revved or at crusing speed, it didnt work. Ideas?
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