Been out for a nice drive today in my
1992 B4 80 2.0E (RHD, ABK)...
The temp gauge was reading slightly higher than usual, not high enough for the fans to cut in, but with it being a warmish day that's quite common and so I wasn't too concerned; just kept my eye on it.
I could also smell burning rubber every so often but it didnt get any worse when I put the blowers on, so I thought maybe it was something outside.
Anyhow, back home and with engine running, I flipped the bonnet just to be sure everything was in order, and was greeted by this
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Turned the engine off quick and grabbed the lid off an aerosol can in the boot to catch the coolant that was rapidly making it's way down on to the engine tray to the road
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Hurried indoors to find something bigger to catch/contain the leaking coolant (a 2L ice cream tub!) and by the time I'd returned the dribbling had almost stopped, so I stuck the tub underneath anyway and then checked the coolant reservoir level; it's at max.
Now pure speculation here, but I'm guessing that it's probably lost about half a mug of coolant from the rad, maybe due to heat expansion which in turn has caused the rad to split, idk, like I said, the temp gauge was reading slightly higher than usual.
The big questions now being ->
What do I do now?
Will Radweld sort it out temporarily?
- it's not something that I can fix myself as I dont have a garage and I'm limited to just a few basic tools, but if I can stop the leak I could then drive it over to my local Audi specialists (4miles away) and get them to fix/weld the seam or replace the rad (if I can get one that is!
).
Any help/advice appreciated asap please as I'm now without a car
