I have a 1.8t engine with a coolant leak. The closest I can trace the leak is there are two bolt at the bottom of something called helmholtz resonator (I think) and these bolts are covered in dripping coolant.

The bolt the resonator thing to the engine block and I'm fairly sure the resonator thing doesn't have coolant inside. It's for air (I believe). So I can't figure out where the coolant is coming from.
Any ideas of where to look or why I might see coolanf dripping here?

I'm determined to find and fix this leak myself, but I'm a girl and not exactly super familiar with this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Kelly

 

Are you seeing this towards the back of the engine? Are you referring to the down pipes off of the turbos?

I'm going to take a wild guess here and say it's coming from your upper coolant temp sensor located towards the back of the engine, a little off center favoring the passenger side. These flanges are known to go bad from time to time.

 

It is nearer to the passenger side, but after looking again it looks like it's near the front of the engine block somewhere above the helmholtz resonator, but it's tough to see exactly.

 

hmm can u take a pic and post it?>