I bought a Black 2003 1.6 FSI a couple of months ago and love it. Since getting it I've had to top the coolant up a couple of times and this evening the smell of coolant was pretty strong so thought it was time to investigate. Searched the forum and found this thread:
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthread.php?19029-1-6-fsi-coolant-loss-resolved/page2
so that seemed like a good place to start poking around. Lo and behold there is leak in that area, but unlike the other thread, it doesn't look like a problem with the coolant temperature sensor but looks to be a corroded connector for one of the coolant pipes - see pics below:
Anyone any idea what the corroded part is and how easy it is to replace?
Thanks
mab
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthread.php?19029-1-6-fsi-coolant-loss-resolved/page2
so that seemed like a good place to start poking around. Lo and behold there is leak in that area, but unlike the other thread, it doesn't look like a problem with the coolant temperature sensor but looks to be a corroded connector for one of the coolant pipes - see pics below:
Anyone any idea what the corroded part is and how easy it is to replace?
Thanks
mab