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    Senior Member Two Rings tomahawk297's Avatar
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    Question P2181 Code 2 weeks after turbo install?

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    So today I got a CEL and smelled something through the air conditioning that smelled like coolant. Went to Oreillys and came up with the code P2181 which has something to do with coolant, I just installed a rebuilt turbo two weeks ago and did a coolant flush so I'm not sure what would be the most likely cause of my problem. Any knowledge and advice is much appreciated! Thanks.

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    Established Member Two Rings
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    I was dealing with that for a while on my B6. It could be the coolant temp sensor in the back of the block (green sensor), or the faulty t-stat. Mine was a faulty t-stat. Code went away once I replaced the thermostat. Hope this helps.
    Zlaja

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    Senior Member Two Rings tomahawk297's Avatar
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    I'll probably just order the thermostat and CTS and replace them in hopes that it's one or the other.

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