Excessive coolant usage - not engine oil hue hue

[203132]

Anybody experiencing their coolant dropping in level too frequently?

My one dropped from Max to Min within 2000km.

2009 TSI 125kW

[tigger73]

Yes I had a leak on my 2011 125TSI which I got sorted under warranty. From memory I think it was seals on the water pump. But reality it could be anything causing your leak. Coolant is a closed system so you really should not be losing any - unless of course you have a leak somewhere. Take a look underneath for any tell-tale pink crystals.

There are products you can put into your coolant to fill small holes (stop leak), however they end up gumming up your whole system so I wouldn't recommend going down this path if you can avoid it. It's the lazy mechanics way of solving the problem.

[White Tiguan]

The water pump seal in my 2009 147 also failed leading to coolant loss . I could actually see a pool of coolant under the engine .

[Umai Naa!!]

The coolant level on these do fluctuate quite a bit.

Ideally, it'll need to be pressure-tested, and thoroughly inspected for a leak.

[203132]

Thanks for the replies! I think you guys jolted my memory a bit and I think this has happened before a couple years back...