Touran using coolant
Discussion
Following on from this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
My 04 plate Touran 2.0 TDI is still using coolant. I read on the internet that headgasket or cylinder head is notlikely failiure point and that it can be the coolant flange on the side of the engine leaking or the waterpump bearings/seals failing.
Please can anyone help me with this?
My 04 plate Touran 2.0 TDI is still using coolant. I read on the internet that headgasket or cylinder head is notlikely failiure point and that it can be the coolant flange on the side of the engine leaking or the waterpump bearings/seals failing.
Please can anyone help me with this?
Spoke to VW UK today, who gave me a link to this: https://erwin.volkswagen.de/erwin/showHome.do;jses....
Does anyone have access to this?
What sort of information does it contain?
Does anyone have access to this?
What sort of information does it contain?
2.0TDI, I would look at this first.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Have you pressure tested the cooling system and check for leaks, If its coming out the flange or the water pump there would be a masivly obvious outward leak.
If its leaking internally (using coolant with no visable outward leaks), it can be a porus cylinder head (we do a few of them) but 9 time out of ten its the EGR cooler leaking internally.
Erwin will give you acess to the workshop manual type information similar to what we have available at dealer level, (very sufull if you know what your looking at) and it will let you look at TPI's for your car. (which will probably just scare you)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Have you pressure tested the cooling system and check for leaks, If its coming out the flange or the water pump there would be a masivly obvious outward leak.
If its leaking internally (using coolant with no visable outward leaks), it can be a porus cylinder head (we do a few of them) but 9 time out of ten its the EGR cooler leaking internally.
Erwin will give you acess to the workshop manual type information similar to what we have available at dealer level, (very sufull if you know what your looking at) and it will let you look at TPI's for your car. (which will probably just scare you)
Mann Egerton in Swindon have stripped the car down and found that the EGR is not at fault.
Current bill stands at £430 and they are now suspecting a new Head is required. This will cost in total £1900 plus the £430 already spent.
I have contacted VW who have mentioned that they might pay something towards the cost, but cant guarantee how much.
Im fast loosing the will to live and the car has 85k miles on the clock, so worth perhaps £6.5 to £7k?
Spending £2k on it, will do me no favours when selling it.
What would you do?
Current bill stands at £430 and they are now suspecting a new Head is required. This will cost in total £1900 plus the £430 already spent.
I have contacted VW who have mentioned that they might pay something towards the cost, but cant guarantee how much.
Im fast loosing the will to live and the car has 85k miles on the clock, so worth perhaps £6.5 to £7k?
Spending £2k on it, will do me no favours when selling it.
What would you do?
Ray Singh said:
£2k on repairs and then sell the car for £6.5k makes no sense - please correct me if im wrong?
No, you are correct. Get them to rebuild it without replacing the head and get shot.If you`re going to get the head replaced then you need to run it into the ground unless you can stomach the loss of the repair costs.
I`m not too sure about the technical aspects of the situation to be honest. It doesn`t appear to be great on VW`s part does it?
I`d be looking at getting out of it for the minimum of financial outlay. As you quite rightly said, spending £2,000 on a car that`s worth £7,000 max is a bitter pill to swallow unless you plan to keep it until it dies.
I`d be looking at getting out of it for the minimum of financial outlay. As you quite rightly said, spending £2,000 on a car that`s worth £7,000 max is a bitter pill to swallow unless you plan to keep it until it dies.
Argghhhhh.
VW are now doing the work with a 30% discount on parts and labour. Its still dear at over £1300 too.
I asked them for the old head today, and they told me that VW operate this on an exchange scheme. If i want it i will have to pay £300 for it.
I want to run some tests on the old head to check if it was porous and also (not that i don't believe them)but want to make sure it has been changed.
I tried to call VW again today - for the forth day running and i cant get hold of the case manager. Im getting very peed off.
VW are now doing the work with a 30% discount on parts and labour. Its still dear at over £1300 too.
I asked them for the old head today, and they told me that VW operate this on an exchange scheme. If i want it i will have to pay £300 for it.
I want to run some tests on the old head to check if it was porous and also (not that i don't believe them)but want to make sure it has been changed.
I tried to call VW again today - for the forth day running and i cant get hold of the case manager. Im getting very peed off.
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