Temperature increase

When driving my 99 Audi A4 2.8 everything is fine. Runs at normal
temps. But if I turn her off after a good ride, then restart her, the
temp guage flies like ten degrees over normal temp. But it returns to
normal temp pretty quickly as soon as the car is turned on (even
without moving). Is this normal and have I just not noticed this
before? Also my car was parked for a couple days and when I started it
up, what I believe is the temp warning light, began to flicker. Its
located in the middle of the dash cluster, the top left one. If anyone
has any thoughts or tips to find out what's going on with my car.
Please let me know. I live in a small town with no Audi dealership, so
most mechanics don't know much about my car or my questions.

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> When driving my 99 Audi A4 2.8 everything is fine. Runs at normal
> temps. But if I turn her off after a good ride, then restart her, the
> temp guage flies like ten degrees over normal temp. But it returns to
> normal temp pretty quickly as soon as the car is turned on (even
> without moving). Is this normal

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Perfectly normal. Adter the run, when you stop the engine it is very
warm. Because the engine is no longer running, the water pump is no
longer pumping the coolant round. This results in the temperature
rising, which you see on the gauge as soon as you restart. However,
once the engine is running, the coolant starts to circulate and cools
everything down again.


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Peter Bell wrote:
> In message .com>
> wrote:
>
> > When driving my 99 Audi A4 2.8 everything is fine. Runs at normal
> > temps. But if I turn her off after a good ride, then restart her, the
> > temp guage flies like ten degrees over normal temp. But it returns to
> > normal temp pretty quickly as soon as the car is turned on (even
> > without moving). Is this normal
>
> [Snip]
>
> Perfectly normal. Adter the run, when you stop the engine it is very
> warm. Because the engine is no longer running, the water pump is no
> longer pumping the coolant round. This results in the temperature
> rising, which you see on the gauge as soon as you restart. However,
> once the engine is running, the coolant starts to circulate and cools
> everything down again.
>
>
> --
> Peter Bell -


Thanks, I was beginnig to be somewhat concearned, considering the warm
temperatures of summer and all.