[s-cars] Coolant loss / Use

[LL - NY]

 My leak was on the underside of the line to the after-run pump. Of course
it happened in the winter when I had to park outside. Couldn't find the leak
for over a month.

On 1/30/08, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Probably already mentioned... usual suspects are the plastic elbow at the
> rear of the block... the after run coolant pump... plastic radiator end
> tanks... small hard to reach coolant hose from the turbo, above the t-stat
> housing.
>
>
>
> Those are some places to begin looking.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Barnett <bluevr6 at yahoo.com>
> To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 9:08 am
> Subject: [s-cars] Coolant loss / Use
>
>
>
>
> HI folks:
>
> I am beginning to be concerned about coolant loss from
> my urS4.
>
> Car has 186k miles on orig motor / turbo / trans.
>
> Replaced Overflow bottle about 3 or 4 months back due
> to leaking.  Seems that overflow bottle is a
> consumable as I seem to replace mine about every 2
> years.
>
> I seem to loose about 3/4 of overflow bottle capacity
> (about 1/3d gallon) of coolant mix every 3 to 4
> months.
>
> There is tell-tale weeping at upper thermostat neck
> and at rear of cylinder head.
>
> Replaced clamps / hoses / cleaned fittings to no
> avail.
>
> My local mechanic seems to think this is common for
> urS cars to weep coolant as his S6 and several
> customer S6's also loose coolant.
>
> The boards collective experiance is?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
>
>
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