I thought i knew

**Pothole** · 06-02-2008 08:01 PM

OK so i got this 04 a4 1.8tq a week ago today, so its about time for something to go wrong right?

After i got home I saw that my car was leaking something from the driver side corner of the engine bay, after sticking my finger in the stuff i thought it was hydro fluid, but i pop the hood and the coolant is low, and i toped it off after i got the car (a week ago).

Anyway i took off the engine cover and see that there is a tube running the length of the intake manifold that has a T in it with no cap, and is leaking the fluid, although it still doesn't look or smell like coolant

Does any one know what exactly this is or what it is supposed to do?

I thought i knew what i was getting in to when i got an Audi, but i love the quattro

umm... I can't get the picture to work so ill put it as my image, hope that works

**wolfdog** · 06-02-2008 09:08 PM

you can upload pictures to your personal gallery here at audizine, then do a right click, copy picture location and paste into the insert image space when you click it (that mountain looking icon).

**AudiA4_20T** · 06-02-2008 09:10 PM

yea man get us a pic

**Pothole** · 06-02-2008 09:10 PM

sweet thanks i was torn between playing with the car or the web sight, the car won

**Pothole** · 06-02-2008 09:25 PM

you can see it to the left of the dip stick, it is coolant, and i think it is a check valve for excess and air bubbles, but i don't know why it would overflow when it is filled to the proper level

**Pothole** · 06-02-2008 09:26 PM

**surreal** · 06-03-2008 07:41 AM

is it that nipple thing between the two back intake runners on the black tube? if so its a plug you unscrew when you fill your coolant so the air can escape. it should be filled to the threads then screwed back in. you need to go to the dealer to ge a new one if your is missing.

**Pothole** · 06-03-2008 05:49 PM

cool thanks, I had it in the dealer on Saturday, i bet they did something

**wolfdog** · 06-03-2008 05:57 PM

I still don't know what part he's talking about. In the future, I would suggest circling the area of the photo you're talking about. It would help a bit. Anyway, glad it was resolved.

**Pothole** · 06-03-2008 07:16 PM

This thing right here, im gonna take it to the dealer tomorrow cuz its still under warranty, any idea what this part is called, or should i just point and grunt until they fix it