Coolant Leak, Help!
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Coolant Leak, Help!
I went to start my car today (A4 B6 1.8T Quattro) and Low coolant alarm/flashing screen deal comes on, I step out take a look under the car, sure enough drips coming down off the car into a big pool of dried coolant. I pop the hood to see almost no coolant left in my reservoir, I try and pin point the problem and I find this..
Underneath..
Zoomed out to show where I am looking..
Zoomed in on coolant drip area..
Maneuvered camera around inside to get a good look at the drip area..
Seems to me that it is leaking from the area circled in blue, But I do not know what this is.. what could be leaking coolant behind the head there?
Doubt I can fix this today, hope it's nothing major but rather than drive it anywhere and risk any damage i'm just letting it sit for now till I can pinpoint the problem!
Underneath..
Zoomed out to show where I am looking..
Zoomed in on coolant drip area..
Maneuvered camera around inside to get a good look at the drip area..
Seems to me that it is leaking from the area circled in blue, But I do not know what this is.. what could be leaking coolant behind the head there?
Doubt I can fix this today, hope it's nothing major but rather than drive it anywhere and risk any damage i'm just letting it sit for now till I can pinpoint the problem!
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Just did the job 3 days ago on my 1.8T Quattro... my coolant flange was on the rear next to the firewall. here is a DIY writeup that helped me out:
B6 A4: DIY Rear Coolant Flange
Things that helped out:
1. remove the airbox completely
2. use a small amount of gasket maker to hold the large o-ring in place
3. Be EXTREMLY careful with the 2 bolts that hold the coolant flange to the head. I stripped one of the bolts which then lead me to tap the hole and use a larger bolt
B6 A4: DIY Rear Coolant Flange
Things that helped out:
1. remove the airbox completely
2. use a small amount of gasket maker to hold the large o-ring in place
3. Be EXTREMLY careful with the 2 bolts that hold the coolant flange to the head. I stripped one of the bolts which then lead me to tap the hole and use a larger bolt
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