Spartacus

I have a strange problem with my A80 and I hope someone can give me an
idea as what is wrong.

Driving normally the car is fine. If I am driving down a
motorway/autobahn, if I come to a traffic jam where the traffic is
stopped or crawling, after around 5 minutes my engine over heats, and
a lot of hot water is ejected from the radiator cap. Both of the
cooling fans at this time are fully working.

The is causing me a lot of trouble as in UK traffic jams are a common
occurance.


Thanks

MF

Liam

Sounds a bit like what use to happen to my old Audi 80 coupe, eventually
found that someone had repaired a water hose by fitting a piece of tube
inside the pipe which reduced the bore size and caused loads of back
pressure.
Maybe you have a blockage somewhere thats causing back pressure.

Liam
"Spartacus" <NoSuch@emailAddress.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a strange problem with my A80 and I hope someone can give me an
> idea as what is wrong.
>
> Driving normally the car is fine. If I am driving down a
> motorway/autobahn, if I come to a traffic jam where the traffic is
> stopped or crawling, after around 5 minutes my engine over heats, and
> a lot of hot water is ejected from the radiator cap. Both of the
> cooling fans at this time are fully working.
>
> The is causing me a lot of trouble as in UK traffic jams are a common
> occurance.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> MF

Rune Skigelstrand

"Liam" wrote in message
> Sounds a bit like what use to happen to my old Audi 80 coupe, eventually
> found that someone had repaired a water hose by fitting a piece of tube
> inside the pipe which reduced the bore size and caused loads of back
> pressure.
> Maybe you have a blockage somewhere thats causing back pressure.
>
> Liam
> "Spartacus" <NoSuch@emailAddress.com> wrote in message
> news:n2r7rvsftesa80rroqpmceal26immno1q9@4ax.com...
> >
> > I have a strange problem with my A80 and I hope someone can give me an
> > idea as what is wrong.
> >
> > Driving normally the car is fine. If I am driving down a
> > motorway/autobahn, if I come to a traffic jam where the traffic is
> > stopped or crawling, after around 5 minutes my engine over heats, and
> > a lot of hot water is ejected from the radiator cap. Both of the
> > cooling fans at this time are fully working.
> >
> > The is causing me a lot of trouble as in UK traffic jams are a common
> > occurance.

Could also be the thermostat stuck in partly open position.

regards
Rune S.