Headgasket? Orrrr?

[BIGexpectations]

please i need feed back fast i know there are lots of post about this same topic and i have read alot of them. and will continue took search the forum but any info i could get would be grand!


so i bought a 1.8t today and the lady said there was something up with the coolent but didnt specify to much...she said it never over heated on her so i didnt think to much of it.
i was driving it home and it was fine for about the first 10 mins then it started to over heat but the gage would go back and forth from mid to HOT so i thought maybe therm.? no finally about 3 miles from my house i had to pull over because it went all the way to hot and stayed there of course i opened the hood and coolent is every where... i took off the coolent cap and the O-ring seal wasnt there i dont know if this could have anything to do with it or not but also i got it towed home and took out the spark plugs and they smell like coolent...

other info- didnt see any oil in coolent(in the puddle on the ground)/ oil seemed pretty full(havent checked it once it cooled yet)/no smoke from exhaust/no coolent coming out from exhaust?? idk really need help!! im thinking HG, ITM, or maybe turbo? i also read somewhere something about a rear coolent flange but i have no idea what this is?

if theres anything i missed let me know i tried to cover everything

im trying to get my compression test from home and i have a vag-com on the way but that bitch is in china air mail god help me? haha

[Audi Skate Snow]

Well could be a lot of things. YOur plugs smell like coolant cause your engine is covered in coolant. (from what you said)

Clean off your engine... and start he car and let it warm up. See if you see coolant coming form anywhere.

Common places are the rear coolant flange. Located on the back of your head by the firewall. Your water pump (but probably would put coolant everywhere where you can see). Coolant bleed screw leaks but nothing like what your talking about. Check all hoses as well.

Also do you overheat when standing still (at a light) or when driving? Could be fan related as in they are not turning on. Could be air bubbles in your coolant which you would have to bleed the system of air.

The list goes on really. Any way to snap a pic of your engine bay and where coolant is coming from?

[nofearhawk]

There's a rear coolant flange DIY you can search for, leaks often, but not to the point of coolant getting EVERYWHERE. It's on the back of the engine against the firewall, pain in the butt to reach.

Coolant can also leak from the oil filter housing, but if there's none in your oil then I would rule that out. Just go through your engine and check all the coolant lines.

[BIGexpectations]

well i think alot of the coolent came out of the breather on the res. because that seal isnt on it? its just a hole that goes down but the coolent is kinda behind the engin and alot on the right side under res.

i squeeze one of the bigger coolent lines running into the engine and i can hear coolent swishing around but there is noone left in the res. or overflow tank whatever u wanna call it

[Audi Skate Snow]

pop your hood and look on the back side of your head and see if you see coolant all on the top of the trans.

[BIGexpectations]

also i mean the spark end that goes into the chamber smells like coolent and looks like crusty shizz on it

[nofearhawk]

Go here, check if its that:

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...ant+flange+diy

[BIGexpectations]

okay its not like directly on top the trans its more like top left if you facing the front like laying in a little crease...and its allll over under the coolent res like on the suspension or whatever that would be

[BIGexpectations]

okay so i guess i will get this flange and the oring for the res cap and try it and see how it goes haha