Q: overheat
last month i bought audi tt 2003 93000kms,it’s temperture gauge shows 90 whenever we starts the engine and after drive 5min, it goes 130 really fast ,but i checked radiator( water and coolent mix was just normal hot) ,we changed temperture sensor aswell but still same problem.please help
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