Quote Originally Posted by passat>sport View Post
Bill, I drove to work today (9 miles approx) got stuck in the morning traffic, so took about 45 mins to get there.

Guess what! the bottom hose and header tank bottle water were still cold. Temp gauge was reading half way.

Don't take this as your car is ok but more of something to think about.
If your heater is on the heater will be dumping the excess heat into the car interior, Bills Passat is ok if he has the heater on, its when the main rad is needed he has problems.