Hello my fellow NLR: I bought this car 2 yrs ago in tokunboh, recently it started giving me over heating problem, the problems persisted until the gasket get burnt, so my mech engr told me to get a new one in which we did but after we have fix the new gasket, d problem of over heating still continue , to the extend that, it is more worst than before and i can not even take it from the mech workshop, the car has been in mech workshop for over 2 weeks now.. so when i called my mech, he told me that.. i will need to buy a new engine but my surprise is.. how can i buy a new engine because of just over heating when the engine is not knock or given knocking sound.. please advice me, maybe the mech engr is not making sense or how can i get a solution to this over heating issue. please advice your fellow brother. thanks

Most times I think the problem with our cars is not even the "Kazeems" its we the cars owners ourselves. We don't really know what we ought to know ask for.

What you need to know before getting a new gasket is the cause of the overheating in the 1st place. If the cause of overheating had been identified the new gasket would not have gone bad.

Besides for the car to become hot to the extent of the gasket blowing most likely your mechanic must have tinkered with the cars factory setting. Pray the Guru's see your post so that they can help.

PHEWWW. IM ALREADY OVERHEATING.

cardoctor:
PHEWWW. IM ALREADY OVERHEATING.

Kilode?

cardoctor:
PHEWWW. IM ALREADY OVERHEATING.

Very interesting topic. Timeless If you're in Nigeria, cos of all the quacks.
So far, i agree that there are a variety of things that could cause overheating.
Bad hoses, thermostat, radiator, water pump, cap, coolant, Clogged radiators, running short on engine oil, improperly sized radiators etc

To pick up from improperly sized radiators/ incorrect cooling spec. Take a look at these figures from Audi 97- 2000 service manual.

Radiator cap 1.4-1.6bar
Thermostat opens 87℃
Engine oil with filter 6.0l
Cooling system 8.5l

This for an Audi A6. The interesting thing is, that I typed in google do Audi technical specifications differ from country to country. What did I find?

Took me straight to audi legal. This is some of what I saw.


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