Help Please

[paulsa4]

Hi all i have a a4 18se avant

I have just fitted a new cambelt and water pump all belts and thermostat,

car starts OK runs fine but the water seems not to be going around its getting hot but just the engine and it seems that the engine has no water in.

Any ides

Paul

[fourringsrus]

Assuming that what you have done is all correct and that your water pump is pumping,would you see similar problems if the thermostat had jammed in the closed position,thus not allowing correct circulation?
Just an idea
Stuart

[paulsa4]

Hi Stuart
Yes i was thinking that i will have to take it out and investergate

[fourringsrus]

Paul, just re-read your post and realised you fitted new stat at the same time,is it possible that the pump or stat are either not fitted quite correctly or maybe one or the other is sub-standard items.
Stuart

[paulsa4]

all fitted ok ,thinking about it can you put the stat up side down??

[fourringsrus]

Paul, I don't know the 1.8 well, but I've done it before on a 2.0 Pinto P100 truck
Here's hoping
Stuart

[flucker01]

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[kenney]

Think you have an air lock in the system,the thermostat can only be fitted one way

[fourringsrus]

There's your answer then Paul
Stuart

[paulsa4]

Hi Kenney do you no off any bleed nippals ??

[fourringsrus]

Paul as said I dont know your car specifically,but according to the boys you should follow the heater pipes in the engine bay and once loosened a bleed hole will appear on the insert before the hose comes to the end of the inner steel pipe which goes into the car,if you see what I mean
Stuart

[paulsa4]

the next thing is why would there be no water in the engine it must be a fulty stat me thinks

[paulsa4]

yes but i took one of the pipes off and no water with car running

[kenney]

Release the coolant hose going to the heat exchanger and pull back the hose until the bleeder hole in the hose is no longer blocked by the connection.
Top up the coolant until it emerges from the bleed hole in the coolant hose without bubbles.

[paulsa4]

Hi kenney the thing is no water comes out of the pipe

[kenney]

What is the engine code?

[paulsa4]

Thanks all i have sorted it now and it runs like a dream, it was a air lock ,

[fourringsrus]

Well done Paul that's a bonus, isn't it worrying how we (myself included) automatically start looking for something more sinister before the obvious ,ha ha
Stuart