Hello All,

I'm in the final stages of repairing a 93 Audi Coupe 2ltr (engine code ACE). I suppose a little backround would help. The car belonged to my mother in law and has been sitting idle for the last 2 years due to head gasket failure. She gave me the car and i've overhauled the engine (head skim, complete head overhaul, rings, water pump and thermostat).

I have the engine running (badly i must admit but i think its due to bad petrol, plugs and leads) but the water does not appear to be circulating.

Can anyone help me with the cooling problem? Any other information regarding this project would also be helpful.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Regards,

Kevin.

 

Forgot to add waht is the best way to bleed the system on the 93 Audi Coupe 2ltr.

 

open the filler cap and run the engine and look inside to see if the coolant is flowing,
bleeding there should be a bolt on the part where you fitted the thermostat or a bleed nipple on the pipe work ( no funny comments please on nipple lol )then run the engine till the cooling fan cuts in if it doesn't the fan could be the problem

 

Won't be back working on the car till monday evening so i'll try it then. Do you know is there a history of the radiators blocking on them?

Thanks again

 

radiators rarely block but the thermostat is known to due to calcium build up from tap water plus lack of use with red type antifreeze