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Hi guys,
I've recently bought a low km 1995 Golf GL. I like the car a lot, but it has some 'features' I'm concerned about and I wonder if I might draw on your collective knowledge? I've searched the forum but can't find anything quite like this.
When I bought the car I noticed it ran well but ran cold, a noticeable problem in cold Canberra. I took it to my mechanic who discovered there was no thermostat installed. He has now installed one, I have heat and the temperature runs exactly right when the car is warm. He was suspicious that the car might have been prone to overheating and perhaps somebody took the thermostat out but after a couple weeks it is running well and there is no loss of coolant. One of the other reasons he was suspicious is that the fans appear to have been rewired so the fans are always on.
Have any of you ever seen anything like this? Seems to me to be a lot of trouble to go to if you were trying to cover up a leaking head gasket or worse.
I have my fingers crossed because I really enjoy the car and would like to keep it but the Golf is new to me and I could use some advice.
thanks very much,
Jerry
I've recently bought a low km 1995 Golf GL. I like the car a lot, but it has some 'features' I'm concerned about and I wonder if I might draw on your collective knowledge? I've searched the forum but can't find anything quite like this.
When I bought the car I noticed it ran well but ran cold, a noticeable problem in cold Canberra. I took it to my mechanic who discovered there was no thermostat installed. He has now installed one, I have heat and the temperature runs exactly right when the car is warm. He was suspicious that the car might have been prone to overheating and perhaps somebody took the thermostat out but after a couple weeks it is running well and there is no loss of coolant. One of the other reasons he was suspicious is that the fans appear to have been rewired so the fans are always on.
Have any of you ever seen anything like this? Seems to me to be a lot of trouble to go to if you were trying to cover up a leaking head gasket or worse.
I have my fingers crossed because I really enjoy the car and would like to keep it but the Golf is new to me and I could use some advice.
thanks very much,
Jerry
