Stagea Overheating

[southern_tango]

Hello my stagea fellas ,I have a new problem with my car ,most of the time I drive it in tiptronic the water temp gauge goes up ;even when I been cruising on the freeway (no gear changes all the time,like on traffic).

While I drive it on auto the temp is ok...could it be because I relocated the transcooler to the side?Thanks for any word of advise...

[import_zone]

Shouldn't change anything. Have u done any coolant change or open radiator cap at all? Wats it coolant level in reservoir? Nd when hot can u feel any boiling from top radiator hose? Sounds more like low coolant. As I drive all the time in tiptronic nd never have a cooling issue. Maybe check if u have any coolant leaks as well

[Aegats]

Check your coolant level and I bet its low. That would be my first step.

[66yostagea]

And bleed the air out the vent

[KiwiRS4T]

Nine times out of ten overheating is blocked radiator - clean or recore!

[southern_tango]

Coolant level looks ok,i took some air of the system using the cocacola bottle in the radiator cap about 3 months ago,I'm thinking about Kiwi suggestion but I nearly always had bad experiences with mechanics ...everything been going wrong since timing belt change(thanks,known workshop...)

[southern_tango]

double post...sorry

Edited March 19, 2012 by southern_tango

[KiwiRS4T]

Coolant level looks ok,i took some air of the system using the cocacola bottle in the radiator cap about 3 months ago,I'm thinking about Kiwi suggestion but I nearly always had bad experiences with mechanics ...everything been going wrong since timing belt change(thanks,known workshop...)

Don't take it to a mechanic! I'm a great believer in specialists - radiator, brakes, auto sparky etc. if you have another car you can easily whip the radiator out of yours and take it to a radiator shop where they can take the top tank off and have a look inside and either clean it out or replace it.

[iamhe77]

Don't take it to a mechanic! I'm a great believer in specialists - radiator, brakes, auto sparky etc. if you have another car you can easily whip the radiator out of yours and take it to a radiator shop where they can take the top tank off and have a look inside and either clean it out or replace it.

+1

[wolverine]

If you have a stock S2 radiator rather than spending money on the stock wafer thin radiator it would make more sense to buy a new thicker radiator.

[4bidn1]

1)have the system pressure tested for leaks and c02 test

2) have water pump flow checked

3) try a simple rad flush like mukout/ have radiator flushed. careful of cost as quality alloy ones 42 -52mm think can be found for around 250-300 (excellent cooling)

4) when refilling system make sure the mechanic use a type A coolant as most even specialists use a type B very little if any glycol in type b i recomend and use nulon concentrate (green) type A it has like 1058G per liter of glycol much more than other brands .

see how ya go from there .