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Offline mk4low

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overheating
« on: 11 March 2011, 11:16 »
right just picked up my mk4 golf 1.8t the other day and drove it back to my house from the garage which as about an hour away and all was fine and i have since used it to go to work and go out ect
then yesterdat was driving home and then looked at the temp and its was nearly on 130 then flashed up saying stop so pulled over and you could here the coolant boiling so let it cool down and opened coolant lid at it rised up and then also found that it was leaking coolant to
does anyone know what this could be
hoping its just a pipe with a leak or something simple
car is at garage at the min but they wont be looking at it until anout 12 so seeing if anyone could help on here
cheers george


Offline Wayne

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Re: overheating
« Reply #1 on: 11 March 2011, 11:37 »
Pure guess but sounds like the water pump has failed.

Lets hope you not caused damage.