I wonder why i ever bought this ****** A3?
I've had the car for a good 10 months before my first coolant loss. At first i took it to audi to get pressure tested and it showed up with nothing at all and they charged me £50 for it. Audi stafford said they can look into it further but i cant spend £100 a day on labour just to look for the problem.
So i took it to midland vw audi specialist and jodie looked at it, saw the rad was ok and booked it in for the new turbo which it needed and the head gasket thinking that as where the coolant was leaking. He also had the replace the EGR because that was leaking.
Total cost so far £1550 spent on the car.
I was happy enough because i thought that was it over but roughly 700miles later COOLANT flashed at me again.
so it was booked back in at midland vw and jodie found a small clip on a hose that was covered in a red substance (coolant) so he replaced the hose and clip for free (which i thought was nice of them) and i set on my way again thinking that was it done with.
500 miles later COOLANT flash flash
so today i took it to midland vw again and jodie had a quick look and said its the engine is bone dry and is showing no leaks outside of the engine and has finally come to the worst conclusion that it is the cylinder head which is the most feared thing because i've heard the cost can be above £2k which is money i haven't got.
The only bit of good news Jodie has given me is that he will wave the labour cost for me so i will just be paying for the parts which i think is about £560. This did cheer me up abit.
So i have spent a fortune on this car just for a little water leak, im not sure i will fully trust this car again.
The worst part is that i cant justify selling my car once fixed because i bought it for £9k a year ago and its only worth £5k now and i've spent £2k on it. so if i sell it that mean i've lost £6k in a year, i dont even earn more than 6k a year cos i a ****** student.
I'm actually thinking it would be better if i were to crash my car and get the insurance money.
cheers
lex
I've had the car for a good 10 months before my first coolant loss. At first i took it to audi to get pressure tested and it showed up with nothing at all and they charged me £50 for it. Audi stafford said they can look into it further but i cant spend £100 a day on labour just to look for the problem.
So i took it to midland vw audi specialist and jodie looked at it, saw the rad was ok and booked it in for the new turbo which it needed and the head gasket thinking that as where the coolant was leaking. He also had the replace the EGR because that was leaking.
Total cost so far £1550 spent on the car.
I was happy enough because i thought that was it over but roughly 700miles later COOLANT flashed at me again.
so it was booked back in at midland vw and jodie found a small clip on a hose that was covered in a red substance (coolant) so he replaced the hose and clip for free (which i thought was nice of them) and i set on my way again thinking that was it done with.
500 miles later COOLANT flash flash
so today i took it to midland vw again and jodie had a quick look and said its the engine is bone dry and is showing no leaks outside of the engine and has finally come to the worst conclusion that it is the cylinder head which is the most feared thing because i've heard the cost can be above £2k which is money i haven't got.
The only bit of good news Jodie has given me is that he will wave the labour cost for me so i will just be paying for the parts which i think is about £560. This did cheer me up abit.
So i have spent a fortune on this car just for a little water leak, im not sure i will fully trust this car again.
The worst part is that i cant justify selling my car once fixed because i bought it for £9k a year ago and its only worth £5k now and i've spent £2k on it. so if i sell it that mean i've lost £6k in a year, i dont even earn more than 6k a year cos i a ****** student.
I'm actually thinking it would be better if i were to crash my car and get the insurance money.
cheers
lex