Recent content by nico2000

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    newby here. I think i'm having head gasket problems

    hi, thanks for the reply. Water is deffinately getting in there, it kind of resembles a kettle when i have the oil cap off. i'm not getting any milky oil or oil in the water just water in the engine.
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    Hi i'm new to this site. Help please!!!!! I think i'm having head gasket problems

    yes, there is plenty of oil in it. that was what i checked first and why i noticed the steam coming out. It resembles a kettle on boil
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    Hi i'm new to this site. Help please!!!!! I think i'm having head gasket problems

    newby here. I think i'm having head gasket problems I recently noticed my car (A3 1.8T S-reg 1999, 125'000 miles) is letting water into the engine as when i take the oil cap off a lot of steam comes out the cap hole. The oil is...
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    newby here. I think i'm having head gasket problems

    I recently noticed my car (A3 1.8T S-reg 1999, 125'000 miles) is letting water into the engine as when i take the oil cap off a lot of steam comes out the cap hole. The oil is still clear and no oil has mixed with the water (well it is not visible in the expansion tank anyway). Can anyone tell...
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    A3 1.8T - flushing the cooling sytem

    Hi there, i'm new to this forum so greetings to everyone. I was wondering if anyone on here could tell me how to flusg the cooling system on my 1.8T A3? I was told to take both hoses of the radiator and using a garden hose flush water through the top radiator hose directed to the engine head...