My time has come.

[stotto]

Hey guys,

I ran into my first big problem today with the Vr.

I was driving home from work and noticed that the coolant level sensor was flashing, so pulled over and popped the hood, and I s*#t you not the whole engine bay was covered in coolant.

So I called into the servo down the road and filled the reservoir up and had a bit more of a look. Seems like there is a crack in the thermostat housing and is being sprayed out of it. It has been leaking for a while (Loon pointed it out to me a few months back) so IM guessing its finally gave way.

Anyways the car is at my aunt's at the moment, lucky she just lives around the corner from a VW mechanic. So ill drop it in tomorrow and see what the full extent is.

All part of owning a car I guess

[tommymac]

it is mate, but if you can, in the future try to do more preventative work

[stotto]

in the future try to do more preventative work

So very true. I was kind of hopeing it would hold out a bit longer, as with everyone money was the issue in this case.

[rayray086]

but if you can, in the future try to do more preventative work

Can't agree more. This is why "lemons" start popping up.

[dubbed]

True that.

Hopefully you haven't done any further damage! Good luck and let us know how you go.

[Pullstarter]

Try German Auto Parts, they do a kit with the thermo housing, coupler thing and the crackpipe with all the o-rings etc for a very reasonable price. I replaced all these on mine and it wasn't a huge expense. Around $400 all up including new coolant and labour etc. from memory.

[stotto]

Hey Guys

Car is now back on the road . The thermo housing was cracked so they replaced that and all the bits and pieces to go with it, scanned the car for faults and done a full service on it aswell. It was a little $$$, but I have learnt my lesson about not fixing things straight away.

[Mrk_Mickey]

That's the way brother! Nice one.

[chris.]

good to hear