Seademon 0 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Was at traffic lights last night and noticed steam coming out from around the drivers side headlight - checked the coolant this morning and the level had dropped just below the minimum but theres no sign of where the water is leaking from and the only place I can see steam coming from is from the area around all of the pulleys near the air filter - any ideas of where it could be coming from? Could it be related the water pump?Cheers 8) Link to post Share on other sites
28v6r 0 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Errrr.... Yep its the radiator unfortunately, its the crimps on the core thats let you down amigo !sad .. mine did this also and since replacing the radiator....No Wuckin' Furries..Level restored to normal and...the car appears to run cooler too! Oddly enough I had the same result last night and Bricked myself that it has happened all over again.. but the temperature was low last night and the car was just washed so I put it down to water through the grill sitting on the radiator thawing off... checked the levels first thing this morning and...success!!! Levels all normal ... Bad news Amigo, £76 notes to 80 should see a new one ( .. and normal service will resume... Link to post Share on other sites
28v6r 0 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hmmm... on second readings of the first posting yes it could be the pump.. but then if its spraying I would have thought your fan belt would start to sqeal or around the chassis leg be wet.. Link to post Share on other sites
Seademon 0 Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Cheres for the reply - the chassis leg does look more wet than it should but then again that could be the rain! Theres no squealing or anything & its not getting hot yet. I did think it could be the rad but it doesnt look as if theres any steam coming from the front of the engine bay - looks to be at the side somewhere Link to post Share on other sites
Geastb 0 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Sounds like my car - I thought mine was the head gasket? I'm getting squealing noises and lots of steam from air box side! I'll have to investigate further! Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 water pump sits directly under your auxillery belt tensioner and they are quite common for going and it does sound like this is prob but changing can be a bit ov a twat as you need to loosen engine mounts and raise that side ov engine to remove and refit it. Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I'd go with water pump, mine did the same thing last month, you could see a trickle of water running down the side of the block when the car was really hot. I changed mine in a couple of hours and its onlt £24ish from GSF. Link to post Share on other sites
Seademon 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Excellent! Cheers - doesnt sound like its anything too bad then which is good. Is it better to use an OEM pump or is there no difference? Link to post Share on other sites
Geastb 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thats great news - hopfully mine won't now be costing me a fortune (just yet) Sorry for hijacking the thread Seademon Link to post Share on other sites
fabio_vr6 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 i would use a oem vw one mate, however the gsf ones use a metal impeller but still would stick to vw Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Excellent! Cheers - doesnt sound like its anything too bad then which is good. Is it better to use an OEM pump or is there no difference?I don't know really, I would probably have used a VW one if they'd had one in. Its only a rotating shaft when you think about it, pulley on one end, impeller on the other, what could possibly go wrong! My VW had a broken impeller blade on it (plastic) whereas the GSF one was metal, so won't break. Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 i would get a genuine one! i am a bit of a vw parts/reciept biatch though!! Link to post Share on other sites
Seademon 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I think I will get a genuine one - lost faith in patent parts after a set of leads & a lamda sensor from Eurocar Parts! Link to post Share on other sites
Petesvw 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Know what you mean with the cheapo O2 sensor. : ( Genuine for me from now on. : ) Link to post Share on other sites
Seademon 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Anything engine related I try and use genuine parts as I know they'll last - was your O2 sensor making the engine run lean? Thats what the problem with mine was Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 i can still get really good discount on genuine vw parts, upto 25% on some things (some more depending) on some service stuff its more!, i know its a pain to get them sent etc, but if anyone wants something just prior to a show (that i am going to!) i can always get it and bring it along, dont mind doing that for anyone Link to post Share on other sites
fabio_vr6 0 Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 i get cost price on all genuine parts Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 ive had gsf water pumps that are knackered in the box but you cant tell til you fit and water pees out of bearing .quite annoying actually.i wouldnt buy from gsf again personally. Link to post Share on other sites
Buzzark 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 My philosophy has always been to use genuine parts at least where the part is awkward/difficult/time-consuming to fit or reasonably priced in the first place.The exception would be where the original part is a known weak part, in which case you can hardly do worse. Link to post Share on other sites
mk3anni 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 i get cost price on all genuine parts Are you offering to get us parts at cost then??? Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 ive had gsf water pumps that are knackered in the box but you cant tell til you fit and water pees out of bearing .quite annoying actually.i wouldnt buy from gsf again personally.I've used sooo much stuff from GSF without a problem, I've had one wheel bearing that wore out after about 12k (then replaced foc), apart from that no worries at all. Someone on here said once, don't get an auxilliary belt from GSF they're crap, I've bought three for different VR6s and they've all been bosch. Loads of parts use the same manufacturer as the dealer. It's saved me a huge amount of money over the years, each to their own though. I bought a set of 12 valves too, same make as VW ones, £10 each rather than £25 each. It all adds up. Link to post Share on other sites
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