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Hello guys, good day.
This is just to tell you that I think I might have found the cause of my water leak. I was able to take my bug to the shop, crawl under it and look for dripping. Found nothing out of the possible places. Flange dry, water pump area dry, water block seals dry... there was a small drip-drip below the passenger's side of the chassis... mechanic told me to turn on the A/C, blow on cold high... then the dripping started... same area... he told me to check the passenger's footwell area, inside the cabin... it was dry... this lead us to believe it was the heater core going bad and making me lose my water fast. I did notice that I had to top off my coolant deposit more and more often when my AC was on... so this matched the behavior I noticed when trying to find the leak.
Questions...
1. Is this normal/to be expected on the new beetles?
2. how common is this?
3. how can I tell for sure this is the part to blame?
Options:
1. Replace heater core
2. Lose my heating and loop the inlet/outlet hoses, till i got enough cash to replace the heater core.
Emphasis on question 3 above... any leads? any more tips to pinpoint the location?
Best regards to all and thanks for writing this message.
This is just to tell you that I think I might have found the cause of my water leak. I was able to take my bug to the shop, crawl under it and look for dripping. Found nothing out of the possible places. Flange dry, water pump area dry, water block seals dry... there was a small drip-drip below the passenger's side of the chassis... mechanic told me to turn on the A/C, blow on cold high... then the dripping started... same area... he told me to check the passenger's footwell area, inside the cabin... it was dry... this lead us to believe it was the heater core going bad and making me lose my water fast. I did notice that I had to top off my coolant deposit more and more often when my AC was on... so this matched the behavior I noticed when trying to find the leak.
Questions...
1. Is this normal/to be expected on the new beetles?
2. how common is this?
3. how can I tell for sure this is the part to blame?
Options:
1. Replace heater core
2. Lose my heating and loop the inlet/outlet hoses, till i got enough cash to replace the heater core.
Emphasis on question 3 above... any leads? any more tips to pinpoint the location?
Best regards to all and thanks for writing this message.