OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

Im having some troubles with my car running way to dam hot. On a hot day itll run @ 230 while cruising around in town. The lowest Ive ever seen it go was 190 and that was on a cool night cruising @ 50
The car is an 88 crx si, d16a6 motor with some internals and a fairly sized turbo. My rad probably gets close to no air flow I would assume because of my large intercooler.

But Ive seen many guys running just the eg rads and id assume they had no troubles right?

I pulled my thermostat and have my fan running all the time and I cant keep the temps down. I also put a few washers under the hood to lift the back to vent it but nothing keeps this ---- down

I was debating on trying to squeeze back in the stock crx full size rad (which i dont even know if I can do actually) or spend big bucks on a aluminum 1/2 size rad which still might not work

Wha do you suggest?

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

are you shure its a daul core it could be a single core and you dont know it my .2

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

How do you tell? I bought it off ebay as a dual core.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

ive seen single cores cool single cam turbo setups plenty.

things to look into

1. fan blowing air the right direction (it happens)
2. headgasket leakage

make sure your fan isnt pushing air instead of pulling air.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

2 brass nipples on the bottom

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

I switched to a slim fan during my install and forgot to check the flow when I was done. I found out it was wrong when I drove it.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

is that because its leaking pressure or something?

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

basically...

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

I had the same problem just yesterday, I was running a dual core half size eg ebay radiator in my 90 teg with nothing blocking the air flow to the radiator, and it was overheating on the freeway.
It wasnt leaking coolant or anything I was like wtf... So I swapped caps and still nothing...
It just wouldnt hold pressure that was the whole problem its because it was a cheap ass ebay piece.
so this morning I changed the radiator out and its good now.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

400 whp CRXs, and the Pigtegra had a single core in it for a while with no problems.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

If the coolant isnt bled of trapped air the car will overheat.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

I might just be ------- stupid

Why does it matter which way the air would blow as long as its blowing at the rad?

Mine pushed the air out to the front, threw the rad and outside the car

Its a slim fan from turboef

Is it wrong? ----, I had no idea

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

yes thats wrong.

go spit against the wind, see where the spit ends up, get the idea?

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

Go out driving at 60mph, stick your head out the window facing forward and then hock a lugi. You'll understand real fast.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

maybe you have air in your cooling system...

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

so the fan backwards would cause me to overheat?

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

how many times do we have to say yes?

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

lmao, classic.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

if by chance it is headgasket leakage. would it be even worth a try to torque down the head bolts again , double checking them? idk i am having a similiar problem...

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

Sometimes retorquing blown headgaskets works, if only for a hot minute. For the most part - especially with the composite gasket typically found on an A6 - it's pointless.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

what do u mean if only for a hot minute? is that sarcasm or are we on to somehting? thanks lol

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

is your thermostate any good

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

read-tard.

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

my bad :P

Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
 

do as fook says, make ur fan push or pull the air towards ur motor, not out the front of ur bumper. fix that and ur overheating issues are gone. unless as fook already stated. ur head gasket is gone. listen. do. learn.