Audi heating up
 

I have a 01 Audi A6 quattro it has around 105k on it and the engine heats up like it gets really hot.
I live in Sacramento it has been hot over here but my Audi heats up to the point where my rubber on head lights melted off anyone knows what this could be.

Need alittle more info than that... Engine? Do you have turbos? Engine light? Steam? Smoke? Fans come on? Water in the radiator? etc...

its a biturbo engine and the fans come on even after i turn car off the fans stay on.
Another thing when i saw that my anti freeze was a little down i poured a little more but i poured the green one in and a few days later i looked at anti freeze and it went under the min level and it keeps on going below the min level everytime i pour more in.
Do you think its cuz i poured green in instead of orange?

You are aware that mixing green and orange coolants causes the coolant to gel up?

you might want to get that out of there ASAP.

wait can i do that by myself or do i have to go to a dealership to do it?
Also i need orange coolant for the audi right?

You don't need to go to an AUdi dealership but it sound like your not auto savy so I'd suggest you find a good indy to do the work.

With the heat you described I would be concerned about other damage.

Mixing Audi orange/red and standard green causes major plugging problems. The system needs a good flush and the correct antifreeze. Expect a sizable bill for the antifreeze. It aint cheep!

Theres only a problem IF the green has Silicates... There are all kinds of colors and its no longer an indication of compatibility. You need to look at the ingredients and look for Silicates.

The other thing is that little bits of even the old green silicate fluid will NOT automatically gel the coolant. It takes time and good percentage green to do it.

OP: I would suspect a sticky thermostat. But you need to look around and make sure you dont have a head gasket problem first. Check the oil for white milky crud; Place your hand close to the exhaust and look for wetness and little black speckles; Place your hand over the oil fill and see if there's suction or it pushes it off or pulsates doing both; Look for crud around the radiator cap indicating over pressure; Look for coolant draining out the tank over flow; etc, etc.


edit: Oh, and Peak Global Lifetime is the same formulation as the Audi stuff. (OAT w/o 2-eh)

Thank you for all the help ill check all that tonight

So was the coolant you added a universal coolant or the standard green stuff?