Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
I read somewhere, that different coloured coolants, shouldn't be mixed; i.e. if you've got pink in you car currently, don't top up with blue.
Surely the specification of the coolant is the only thing that matters?
Anybody mixed their colours?
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Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
Your not supposed to mix them, the approach I would take is if the manufacturer was ok for you to mix they would have made them the same colour.
Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
An update to this thread, it turned out to be the coolant valve leaking rather than just the seal. The car has been back since then because I noticed the coolant had dropped again but they never found any leaks and said it may have been an airlock that has worked it’s way out this dropping the level. Will keep an eye on this.
Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
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Your not supposed to mix them, the approach I would take is if the manufacturer was ok for you to mix they would have made them the same colour.
I've just had a look in the manual and you can mix them, according to the blurb at the bottom of page 390.
My car goes in on the 21st Jan, it'll be interesting to see if the problem is the same as yours. I'll report back once the car has been repaired.
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Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
Car back, work done. There IS a TPI but only for internal use by Audi and their dealers. I asked for the TPI number and was told it wasn't available.
This suggests that Audi are well aware of the problem and are looking to avoid paying for the work to be done.
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Car back, work done. There IS a TPI but only for internal use by Audi and their dealers. I asked for the TPI number and was told it wasn't available.
This suggests that Audi are well aware of the problem and are looking to avoid paying for the work to be done.
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I'll try find the tpi number
Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
Hi - has anyone else had this problem? I have exactly the same issue with the coolant shut off valve failing but sadly I'm a couple of months on the wrong side of my warranty. My local dealer is trying their best to get Audi UK to contribute to a £2k repair bill but so far has had no success.
Any info on similar cases and what your dealer did would be much appreciated!
Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
As long as your car has been serviced according to schedule I would fight to get Audi to pay up mate. That is a catastrophe failure of a non serviceable part just past warranty. Hope you get it done by Audi.
I bought extended warranty before my warranty expired so I could argue if Audi didn’t pay, and then Audi warranty probably would have paid.
Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
We have one coming in next week with this, a 2016 with the CRTC engine and using his VIN there are no TPI's about this problem on ELSAPRO nor for any other 4M I have tried.
Re: Coolant leak - Culprit is the Coolant inlet valve seal
Thanks for your update. It is pretty infuriating to say the least. In all credit to my dealer they are trying their best to argue my case with Audi. It certainly sounds like there may be a manufacturing fault with the component. I’ll let you know how I get on