Coolant leak sense cambelt and water changed.

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Coolant leak sense cambelt and water changed.

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It been a while sense i have been on this forum, anyway i currently have a 2011 Passat CC what i have owned for 3 years now have has 140k miles 38k i have put on it with no issues. Back in Jan, my thermostat was playing up, was stuck open i knew i needed the cam belt doing later in the year. So i found a local VAG specialist and booked it in to have the thermostat, cam belt and water pump done. During the following week i checked the coolant level daily and topped it up due some air coming through the system what i exspected.

All seemed good, then following weekend until i parked the car up for the weekend and then noticed on the Sunday evening that there was a large patch of fluid under the car and the reservoir had lost most of its fluid. Emailed the garaged and they had it back to solve the issue, a broken spring clip on one of the hoses had failed. 8-| Was told again to check the level of the fluid for the next couple of days what i did and topped up when required.

Over the next thousand miles, everything seemed fine unit one night i started the car and had the coolant light come on and the reservoir level had dropped once again, a quick look you could see there was coolant sitting on the under and was dripping down to the road. This time the garage claimed it was an o-ring, that was crusty. So at this i am starting to question what have they actually done. A couple weeks later, i have no heating in the car and the coolant has dropped once again, the garage had it back and now claim there is no leak, they pressure tested the system and that there maybe is massive airlock in the heater matrix. Been topping it as requested. Now a week later and there is small puddle under my car....

Sorry i needed to vent, i have now lost faith in the garage and in my what was reliable car.

Anyone got any good ideas what the leak could be. I personally think the garage should correct the fault but i just don't trust them any more, do i get a second opinion? Normally i do a lot of my work on our cars, but i just don't have the time at the moment as i busy renovating the house.

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