B5.5 Issue HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:23 pm
I beleive this has been posted on UKPassats but i cant fine the thread, Stampers from Edition38 posted the following and I'm suffering from the same problem so ANY help would be great!!! suspecting what he did, i have changed my rad as it was corroded, I have fitted a new water bottle and cap as i thought it may be pressure related, water pump has also been changed!!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Cheers
Amars
Stampers wrote:
Hi guys,
I've written this up on the UKPassats forum, but thought I'd stick it up on here too...
Sorry to be a pain in the bum and start a new thread about this (seems like there are loads about already), but I'd rather get a final few opinions on here than take my chances and get ripped off at a garage.
So, I bought my B5.5 130PD TDI about 7 weeks ago. 5 weeks ago the coolant needed topping up.
Filled it to the brim. 2 weeks after that, coolant sensor kicked in and displayed the warning on the dash.
Topped up the coolant again.
It's been like this for the past few weeks, so I decided to do some investigation.
When filling it up I noticed the small little overflow pipe at the bottom of the coolant bottle.
Looked on the chassis directly underneath and a slight bit of residue. Thought it was odd.
So yeah, filled it up, and took it for a drive to Halfords (roughly 15 miles, no thrashing it).
When I got back, I opened the bonnet and looked down on the chassis (not sure what its called, but directly under the overflow coolant pipe from the bottle) and noticed it was wet. This was dry before the drive.
Now, my first guess is that pressure is building up whilst driving along, forcing the coolant out of the overflow pipe from the back of the bottle. No smoke comes out of my exhaust (its a TDI and it never really black smokes when punting it either) and no milky residue in the oil filler cap so i'm guessing the HG is ok. The temp gauge doesn't go over 90 so it isn't really causing any impact to my car other than having to fill it up all the time.
I've narrowed it down to either a broken waterpump (rotor is broken?) or a leak in the radiator (corrosion?).
Would this sound right?
And can I get a heavier duty waterpump fitted (metal rotor?) and what sort of price would I be looking at?
It would help to be armed with this info before getting r@ped by the local spanner monkeys...
Any help is VERY appreciated!
Cheers,
Stamps.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Cheers
Amars
Stampers wrote:
Hi guys,
I've written this up on the UKPassats forum, but thought I'd stick it up on here too...
Sorry to be a pain in the bum and start a new thread about this (seems like there are loads about already), but I'd rather get a final few opinions on here than take my chances and get ripped off at a garage.
So, I bought my B5.5 130PD TDI about 7 weeks ago. 5 weeks ago the coolant needed topping up.
Filled it to the brim. 2 weeks after that, coolant sensor kicked in and displayed the warning on the dash.
Topped up the coolant again.
It's been like this for the past few weeks, so I decided to do some investigation.
When filling it up I noticed the small little overflow pipe at the bottom of the coolant bottle.
Looked on the chassis directly underneath and a slight bit of residue. Thought it was odd.
So yeah, filled it up, and took it for a drive to Halfords (roughly 15 miles, no thrashing it).
When I got back, I opened the bonnet and looked down on the chassis (not sure what its called, but directly under the overflow coolant pipe from the bottle) and noticed it was wet. This was dry before the drive.
Now, my first guess is that pressure is building up whilst driving along, forcing the coolant out of the overflow pipe from the back of the bottle. No smoke comes out of my exhaust (its a TDI and it never really black smokes when punting it either) and no milky residue in the oil filler cap so i'm guessing the HG is ok. The temp gauge doesn't go over 90 so it isn't really causing any impact to my car other than having to fill it up all the time.
I've narrowed it down to either a broken waterpump (rotor is broken?) or a leak in the radiator (corrosion?).
Would this sound right?
And can I get a heavier duty waterpump fitted (metal rotor?) and what sort of price would I be looking at?
It would help to be armed with this info before getting r@ped by the local spanner monkeys...
Any help is VERY appreciated!
Cheers,
Stamps.