Water leak

[jockgti]

Snap, had this on our AUM last year.  Coolant flange.  This is a common problem....  The o-ring that seals it to the head degrades from the heat and starts to leak. 

Flange 06A121132AP (£12)

Drain the coolant.  Get the battery and airbox etc out.  Its kinda fiddly as the access aint great.  If you had it in mind to delete the SAI combi-valve etc its a good time to do it with this lot off.

Make sure you clean the head up real well before re-fitting the new flange 

no idea what that means sorry

[Mr_Orange]

The AUM has an air pump that comes on briefly after startup (revs sit at 1200 ish).  This can be removed to clean up the engine bay, but you have to remove the coolant flange first.  Just thought I'd mention it if you were thinking to go down that road. 

[jockgti]

the secondary air pump? if so i did the fix on that a while ago,is there a readme/howto?

[Mr_Orange]

the secondary air pump? if so i did the fix on that a while ago,is there a readme/howto?

http://www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk/V2Images/ModsEngine/AirSystemRemoval.htm

[jockgti]

think i'll leave it,bit out of my league

[jockgti]

in fact i think im gonna try that removal thing,where do i get the parts required from? the forge blanking plate and what resistor is required?

[jockgti]

ok blanking plate ordered but i'm struggling to find any info on the size of the resistor needed,any help guys?

[Mr_Orange]

About half way down:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3111538-DIY-Cleaning-up-Engine-bay...Removing-SAI-N249-PCV-EVAP

10W 330ohm

I got mine off eBay

[jockgti]

excellent cheers

[jockgti]

just waiting on stuff coming from ebay and forge for removing the secondary air pump,what are people using to block off the hole on the standard air box? just a homemade botch or is there a specific thing for the job?