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VW GTI · Cooling

Thermostat Stuck Open Cold

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Everyone frets about overheating, but when a GTI comes in running cold, slow to warm up, giving weak cabin heat and drinking more fuel, I'm looking at the opposite fault: a thermostat stuck open (or the wrong, or a failed, thermostat). The engine never reaches proper operating temperature, so the ECU holds it in warm-up enrichment

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