if its pissing out that quickly there must be a trace of it somewhere

 

Didnt see anything but havent had much time to have a proper look. Will get a chance tomorrow to have a better look. I just thought I'd surely see it on the ground or something but nope.

 

is it a plastic rad like the passats, the passat rads are prone to cracking and it only loses coolant when hot as the crack expands with heat...

 

QUOTE (Simon @ Sep 25 2010, 11:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>is it a plastic rad like the passats, the passat rads are prone to cracking and it only loses coolant when hot as the crack expands with heat...
Dunno mate. Will have to look. Didnt look that closely at it to be honest. Will have a gu tomorrow.

 

leaving it ticking over on the drive way there roll her forward and see if you can spot anything, my a4 has a small crack in it with the same problems as above only looses fluid when warm

 

QUOTE (TGi @ Sep 26 2010, 12:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>leaving it ticking over on the drive way there roll her forward and see if you can spot anything, my a4 has a small crack in it with the same problems as above only looses fluid when warm
Will try that tomorrow Tom. Cheers

 

Could also be the head gasket. Give the car a good dart then pull over, turn off the engine and pop the bonnet. If you can hear the pressure relief valve in the coolant cap venting, then its either the valve or head gasket.

 

QUOTE (kevinm @ Sep 26 2010, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Could also be the head gasket. Give the car a good dart then pull over, turn off the engine and pop the bonnet. If you can hear the pressure relief valve in the coolant cap venting, then its either the valve or head gasket.
Hope not. its got 150 miles to do in the morning. Its been doing 100 miles every day this week

 

QUOTE (Hazzard @ Sep 26 2010, 02:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hope not. its got 150 miles to do in the morning. Its been doing 100 miles every day this week

i had the same problem with my a4 1.8t when hot or cold no leak. was told head gasket but compression test perfect was on audi site and they reckon the turbo can burn off some amount of water but i doubth it could do it every day unless it from a scania or something. my one needs water every 3 weeks or so and the light comes on for a second when hard around a bend and goes off again. its only a week after that it stays on. tried it with water in boot just to see how long it took.get some novaleak its top stuff used it on rally car a lot and its surprising the size of crarcks and holes it can fill.(that last bit sounds bad i know)its about 15-20euro for bottle but worth it.
sean

 

Well did a bit more investigating on Sunday after the long haul. Pulled off the cover over the engine and had a look all around the head and cant see nothing. Same around the rad not a drop to be found anywhere. Shes off to the garage during the week so hope he finds something. Time will tell.......

 

Looking like the head gasket. Will know more in a few days