2000MN's Mk4 R32 045/200

[Big_M]

Yep get yourself a new OEM hose and stick it on. Should hopefully do the job.

Doey and out of balance !.That will be the dodgy CH's mate, best you take em off. hehehe.

[2000MN]

So a lack of coolant in the car this morning resulted in a quick top up which saw everything leaking on the floor

After looking closer we located the leak to be coming from the coolant sensor.



Pulled battery out and disconnected several coolant hoses to get to the sensor.



Turns out the o ring for the sensor had completely perished. Old v new below


Big thanks to good friend Erin for the help and to Adam from VA Garage yet again for ducking to his workshop to hook me up with some parts.

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[Big_M]

Nice find and fix mate.

[robbie]

What caused it to perish Corey? I'd be guessing it's normal wear and tear.

[2000MN]

Nice find and fix mate.

Thanks mate

What caused it to perish Corey? I'd be guessing it's normal wear and tear.

Just age and heat Id assume.. The sensor is in a tight spot so I highly doubt it gets checked regularly. Just worth while keeping an eye on or replacing if you do a full fluid flush

[JedR32]

Good work mate! I'l have to check mine next time I'm in the engine bay haha

[2000MN]

Honestly cant win lol. Glad 2013 is over...

On the way to a wedding on the 30th Dec the car did this to me.....




The car is currently residing at the VW dealership on the sunshine coast awaiting 2 new mounts that are enroute from Germany. Decided to stick with thr OEM mounts due to price and also for the fact that I dont think Ill see the benifit out of stiffer mounts.

[Big_M]

Damn.
I often think I should get my changed just because. Maybe I should look into ordering some for next trip to Adams !

Hope you get if fixed up soon mate.

[2000MN]

Damn.
I often think I should get my changed just because. Maybe I should look into ordering some for next trip to Adams !

Hope you get if fixed up soon mate.

I think it's just one of those things that may or may not occur. I've had a knocking in the front drivers side and I've always pinned it to the suspension as a had a few little bugs that I ironed out. Turns out I was wrong and one final bump on the road was enough to kill it unfortunately.

AFAIK the passenger mount is still intact and functional but it would be silly not to replace that at the same time, so both mounts will be replaced.

I'll have the guys suss out the VF dog mount while the car is up in the air to see whether the bushings need replacing too... At least that way I have time to save and put and order together rather than scramble for an emergency fix HAHA.

On a side note... Thank Fk for RACQ membership....

[2times]

that sucks man! im sorry to see your mount die on you! what happened? and how did you know something was wrong? was it just a noise? or did you lose drive?