Coolant Leak

[Ed Kellock]

I played this game a few months ago.

Couldn't see where the leak was coming from and thought I had a good enough
look at the short piece of rubber line in the turbo coolant line and thought
it looked good.

Removed the p/s pump to get better access, thinking maybe w/p leak as well.

Finally found evidence of leak at small rubber hose in turbo coolant line.

Also found that t-belt was not properly tight and was able to tighten it up
without causing a w/p leak.

Had been fine ever since.

Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Derek Pulvino
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:21 AM
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Coolant Leak
> 
> 
> Looks like I've got a slow coolant leak coming from near the 
> front of the 
> engine.  The couple of culprits I can think of:
> 
> 1.  Thermostat housing and/or hose that attached here.
> 2.  Water pump at either shaft or gasket.
> 3.  Small hose that runs behind rear timing belt cover to turbo.
> 
> I poked around the other day with a flashlight, and because 
> of all of the 
> "stuff" in that area, couldn't find the source...though from 
> what I did see 
> it doesn't look like the leak is coming from the thermostat area.
> 
> Can anybody think of a connection in this area I may have 
> missed, and does 
> anyone have any troubleshooting tips short of pulling parts?
> 
> Derek P
> 
> 
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