Coolant Leak Location 2004 1.8T

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07-12-2010, 10:26 AM

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If you still smell coolant, the other primary leak location on the 1.8 is the coolant flange on the back of the block. Peer between the valve cover and the firewall with a flashlight and see if the top of the transmission is "wet".

Agreed. Very common and worth the look. Also, if you'd recently had coolant spilling all over your motor, it may just need washed.

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07-12-2010, 07:23 PM

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The coolant flange just replace by PO Nov 2009, 1 month before I bought the car. I just got back from 60 miles trip, could not find any wet spot on the engine, but still smell coolant. Damn, this frustrated.

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07-13-2010, 04:55 AM

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Give it some more time before you rip into anything else. As Chris notes, residual coolant can take a while to "cook" off if you don't shampoo your engine.

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07-13-2010, 07:03 AM

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Give it some more time before you rip into anything else. As Chris notes, residual coolant can take a while to "cook" off if you don't shampoo your engine.

May be Chris is right, no more coolant smell this morning, engine still bone dry. Will closely monitor the coolant level for the next few days.

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07-17-2010, 01:28 PM

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Still loosing coolant. Could not find any wet spot. More strange symptom: temp needle fluctuate. The temp needle used to be very stable at the middle, now it it move down to 1/4 mark if I go fast. It move between 1/4 mark and half mark.

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07-19-2010, 07:53 AM

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Check the hose coming out of the reservoir. feel the bottom of the hose where it mates to the coolant reservoir, leaking there?

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