I was driving on a side road by my house when smoke came out from under my hood.. i pulled over and there was coolant all over the rear of the engine but i have no clue where its coming from etc..

any ideas? i had to have my car towed to a mechanic and leave it there overnight..... anything i could try to fix on my own?.. i don't know where to look.. i've only worked on the front of the motor and changed the starter on this car..


any help would be gr8

 

I would put money on it being your coolant flange. It's a fairly inexpensive part, but a PITA if you've never done it before.

Edit: I'm assuming you have a 1.8t.

 

crap so maybe i should leave it at the mechanic then? i have another car i can drive.. i just love my b6 and since warranty ran out in july i'd rather just do alot of the work myself if i can.. but def during this week its gonna be hell to even prob go pick the car up etc.. be2ween work and school..

 

That depends on what they're gonna charge you. The part is like 20 bucks, and will take you, realistically, about 1.5-2 hours.

 

ahh gotcha.. i'll wait to hear from him then... i'm just going into hell week so this happened at a really bad time

 

Replace the temp sensor and o ring at the same time!

 

i definitly will.. although was replaced in june b4 my warranty ran out

 

cost in excess of 300 dollars probably. Maybe even more. but thats where ur smoke is coming from. behind the engine infront of the firewall near the caytalitic converter.

 

behind the engine infront of the firewall...

 

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