Guest Budz86 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Mates just phoned me to tell me this has happened to him on his 52 plate 2L TDI. He checks the car fairly regularly and a couple of weeks back this wasn't the case. Dipstick is full still, coolant is black and when he put his finger in the expansion bottle it came out with oil on. My gut feeling is head gasket, but not 'mayo' under the filler cap and and dipstick is clean. Opinions please gents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Power steering pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Common failure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Common as pig sh!t... PAS pump drives the water pump. They're bolted together. Baaaaad idea. Nasty job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Lovely! How long to change it all then? Any way of checking it's that for certain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Check the PAS level. Check the engine oil level. Keep an eye on them for the course of a couple of weeks. But in all honesty I've never had a head gasket fail on a Duratorq, even the 300k mile ones. It's almost always the PAS pump into the water pump. But if the engine oil is dropping with no visible leaks or smoke, they have got a water cooled oil cooler. It's basically the oil filter housing. If he considers getting rid though, let me know, might be interested. To do the job is a few hours if you've done 10 in the past. A day if you haven't. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Cheers mate. Might give you a ring tomorrow when I see him at work. I know he wants a new motor anyway and has his eye on an insignia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Yeah man no worries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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