Coolant reservoir draining dry on engine start

[gldgti]

Be interested to see what the condition of the water pump was like. Perhaps the impeller has failed? Caused it to run hot a lot... Hard to say.
My bkd has 263,000 on it. It was getting a bit rough at idle. I put the new fuel temp sensor in today and its perfect.
I think the bkd is a great engine. But you get the odd failure in anything. Bad luck for the op

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[ParaBul]

Cracked block sounds quite extreme to me - my first thought goes to manufacturing defect.

If you can find convincing evidence of such, you might be able to convince VAG to make a "good will gesture" contribution to repairs.

Of course, $$$ spent looking for such evidence might never be recovered...

[mr mojo risin]

Cracked block sounds quite extreme to me - my first thought goes to manufacturing defect.

If you can find convincing evidence of such, you might be able to convince VAG to make a "good will gesture" contribution to repairs.

Of course, $$$ spent looking for such evidence might never be recovered...

This sounds interesting, any idea how to go about this?

[Ryeman]

I guess it comes down to proving the "overheating" issue was CAUSED BY or RESULTED IN ; which comes down to the issue of correct, by the book, servicing.
It comes down to proof supplied by the previous owner, remembering its way out of warranty anyway.