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Old 12-11-2002, 03:35 PM
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250-260 on a nice hot day , sitting in traffic with the A/C on!!
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Default Depends on the oil...
A good synthetic will be stable up to at least 400F. That's the oil though... Anything above 275F in the A4 would raise my eyebrows.
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Default i think i re-attached my lower radiator hose wrong and the coolant leaked out
whats the longest i could of drove around with no coolant?
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Did you get low coolant warnings?
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Hmmm... what did your oil temp get up to then?
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