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Offline Jay25edition

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MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« on: 12 June 2014, 06:54 »
Was happily driving to work this morning and all of a sudden had a warning on the dash saying STOP check coolant. So I pulled over checked the coolant to find it's full of like watery brown sludge?
The felt like it was running fine... Checked oil cap and seems to look normal?

HELPPPPPP  :sick:
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Offline rio_gti

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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #1 on: 12 June 2014, 08:43 »
Sounds like head gasket.....

Give the water system a flush and refill (not forgetting g30 I think) and check again...

Also check oil levels make sure it isn't going down
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #2 on: 12 June 2014, 12:14 »
straight to the garage for u my friend for a large repair bill, or cut ur losses and break it for parts
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #3 on: 12 June 2014, 12:32 »
I would do as Rio suggested before looking to break it  :rolleyes:
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #4 on: 12 June 2014, 17:57 »
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« Last Edit: 12 June 2014, 22:11 by Jay25edition »
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #5 on: 13 June 2014, 00:07 »
I would not panic just yet it could be the oil cooler failed
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #6 on: 13 June 2014, 06:44 »
yep, its now a process of elimination, get the coolent fully flushed, check oil and go from there.
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #7 on: 13 June 2014, 12:23 »
If you can, get a compression test done.
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #8 on: 13 June 2014, 17:23 »
think my first option was abit severe, get a combustion leak tester that would tell if ur head gasket is gone first then as every1 else has suggested :grin:
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Re: MK4 Gti anni ! Brown sludge :(
« Reply #9 on: 13 June 2014, 17:57 »
What Wayne said oil cooler
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