[s-cars] coolant leak, help

[Chad Clark]

Check under the black plenum below the windshield. There is a heater valve 
under there with a vacuum line attached that was leaking on my car.

Since coolant can run down various components and deposit or show itself 
much further away than where the leak originated, I would check the 
following:

The small coolant line that runs under the intake manifold to the turbo. 
This is a big known failure item.
Check the turbo afterrun pump. Run your hand underneath it and see if you 
have coolant on your hand.
On the back of the head, passenger side, there is a plastic elbow with an O 
ring that can leak and run down under the tranny and daylight near the CV 
joints.
Check the coolant overflow reservoir. May look ok but with all the expanding 
and contracting this reservoir goes through, it's amazing it lasts as long 
as it does. Run your hand underneath this reservoir to see if there is fresh 
coolant there. HTH,'

Chad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Elijahallen92 at aol.com>
To: <larrycleung at gmail.com>
Cc: <Djdawson2 at aol.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] coolant leak, help


>
> In a message dated 6/8/2005 9:05:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> larrycleung at gmail.com writes:
>
> Elijah,
>
> Those are. I'm wondering if there are other drains up in  the plenum and
> that your actual leak is the heater core itself. Does the  interior of the
> car smell like coolant when you drive in the (assuming cool  enough for
> the climate head to think "heat") morning?
>
> LL -  NY
>
>
>
>
> Its been hot these last few days so I don't think the heater has had to
> work. Where should I check for this?  Thanks,
>
> Elijah
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