crooked deal
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Hey everyone,
Just joined the forum today, I was somewhat active on the old forum back in the day.
I have a 2008 MS3, about 90K miles, owned the car for 10 years. Just did a bunch of work, cleaned the intake valves, installed thermal gaskets on TB and intake, while it was apart I also did an EGR delete and TB coolant bypass.
I have now noticed the car is running much hotter than it has in the past. Before I would see ECTs no higher that 200 with the AC running in summer temps. Now the car is running between 210 and 215, with the heat running full blast, without heat it will get hotter, but the dash gauge still is not showing a high temp, it's still below halfway.
I have burped the cooling system twice just in case I introduced an air bubble when doing the TB coolant bypass, but no change. Both large radiator hoses are eventually getting hot, so I guess the thermostat is opening, but maybe not fully? The car has not went past 225 deg.
I'm stumped, obviously this happening after all of the work I did makes me think it might be related.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and hello to everyone on the forum!
Just joined the forum today, I was somewhat active on the old forum back in the day.
I have a 2008 MS3, about 90K miles, owned the car for 10 years. Just did a bunch of work, cleaned the intake valves, installed thermal gaskets on TB and intake, while it was apart I also did an EGR delete and TB coolant bypass.
I have now noticed the car is running much hotter than it has in the past. Before I would see ECTs no higher that 200 with the AC running in summer temps. Now the car is running between 210 and 215, with the heat running full blast, without heat it will get hotter, but the dash gauge still is not showing a high temp, it's still below halfway.
I have burped the cooling system twice just in case I introduced an air bubble when doing the TB coolant bypass, but no change. Both large radiator hoses are eventually getting hot, so I guess the thermostat is opening, but maybe not fully? The car has not went past 225 deg.
I'm stumped, obviously this happening after all of the work I did makes me think it might be related.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and hello to everyone on the forum!