hi I don't think its going to need replacing as I repalced the old rad with a proper copper/brass jobby 3 years thats stronger than the orginals, although I think the leak has suddenly "gone"...will let you know
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cheers
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Volcano black,134500 miles,standard,everyday transport, new rear discs, new door trims, replaced radiators x2, front/rear shocks(OE) + suspension bushes, recent alarm, undersealed, exhaust/head gasket, pulls like a train. big turbo whistle 315 hp -
could be water pump related .....yikesVolcano black,134500 miles,standard,everyday transport, new rear discs, new door trims, replaced radiators x2, front/rear shocks(OE) + suspension bushes, recent alarm, undersealed, exhaust/head gasket, pulls like a train. big turbo whistle 315 hpComment
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i have a leaky heater matrix at the moment, but its not serious enough to give me a wet carpet - its losing about a litre of coolant every 500 miles, which is being evapourated in the heater and coming out of the vents as moist air. If I leave the car for a few days i get a cloud of steam for a minute or so from the vents once its warmed up, then it stops once its evapourated.
Hope you've not got any of these symptoms as its a pig of a job
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Nope, glad I haven't. reminds me of when I first got my RS2 and a garage bloke spilt the coolant whilst checking the system, I was more naive then but driving away from the establishment ( QST) suddenly there was what looked like smoke rising from below the bonnet. A scary moment...
cheersVolcano black,134500 miles,standard,everyday transport, new rear discs, new door trims, replaced radiators x2, front/rear shocks(OE) + suspension bushes, recent alarm, undersealed, exhaust/head gasket, pulls like a train. big turbo whistle 315 hpComment
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If you are interested the casue of the leak was a broken bracket under the main radiator, this has been replaced with a new bracket now by White Cottage Quattros, as good as new....what a saga though! hope it helps if you are reading this.
AHVolcano black,134500 miles,standard,everyday transport, new rear discs, new door trims, replaced radiators x2, front/rear shocks(OE) + suspension bushes, recent alarm, undersealed, exhaust/head gasket, pulls like a train. big turbo whistle 315 hpComment
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Well done and thanks for letting us know. It is nice to have a story with a happy ending...
Cheers,
Steve.The Perfectionist
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