Possible Faulty Oil Cooler? (i searched but i still have a couple questions) (thanks guys)

[Urkel]

Sorry guys, i know there are quite a few threads on this and i looked through all of the ones i found. the reason i started this thread was because unless i overlooked it, everyone collectively seemed to have a mixture of my symptoms but no one had the exact same problem in a sense

when i start my car, i get a heavy thick white smoke during idle and it disappears after a few seconds or once i start driving. Im also losing large amounts of coolant.

I checked my oil and everything looks fine, same with my coolant (when its in there) i haven't seen any noticeable signs of oil.

After searching through the forums, ive roughly narrowed it down to either a cracked head, faulty oil cooler, or even possibly my turbo?

Ive got no noticeable signs of any mixing but my exhaust is definitely blowing out white smoke, I'm losing coolant and i can smell coolant when i pop my hood.

Anyone know what this may be?

[Rac_337]

Sorry guys, i know there are quite a few threads on this and i looked through all of the ones i found. these reason i started this thread was because unless i overlooked it, nobody everyone collectively seemed to have a mixture of my symptoms but no one had the exact same problem in a sense

when i start my car, i get a heavy thick white smoke during idle and it disappears after a few seconds or once i start driving. Im also losing large amounts of coolant.

I checked my oil and everything looks fine, same with my coolant (when its in there) i haven't seen any noticeable signs of oil.

After searching through the forums, ive roughly narrowed it down to either a cracked head, faulty oil cooler, or even possibly my turbo?

Ive got no noticeable signs of any mixing but my exhaust is definitely blowing out white smoke, I'm losing coolant and i can smell coolant when i pop my hood.

Anyone know what this may be?

sounds like a head gasket to me

[Urkel]

I thought the head gasket symptoms would include coolant and oil mixing, no?

maybe a leaky turbo?

[Dub-Nub]

Do a compression test. You can pick up the adapter from local auto parts store. This can show you if a headgasket has gone bad.

[jbutlertelecom]

Really only 3 options for white smoke.
1. Blown head gasket.
2. Blown Coolant seal in turbo housing
3. Cracked block (unusual for VW 1.8T block but CAN happen)

Compression test for head gasket issues, dye and pressure test cooling system for block check.
Turbo teardown/rebuild for turbo related causes once head gasket/block have been ruled out and leak has been pinpointed to turbo from the dye/pressure test.

[Urkel]

Really only 3 options for white smoke.
1. Blown head gasket.
2. Blown Coolant seal in turbo housing
3. Cracked block (unusual for VW 1.8T block but CAN happen)

Compression test for head gasket issues, dye and pressure test cooling system for block check.
Turbo teardown/rebuild for turbo related causes once head gasket/block have been ruled out and leak has been pinpointed to turbo from the dye/pressure test.

have to wait til the weekend to get these done.

I did manage to take it out this week for a second and drove it. I got on the freeway for a few minutes and when i got back to the driveway the coolant was completely gone.

But in front of the reservoir theres a like a pan that the window washer fluid tank sits in. that hold pan was almost completely saturated with what seems like coolant. there was also coolant leaking onto the ground from around the same area. I also notice some saturation behind the coolant reservoir.

Are these symptoms of any of those three options?

[Dub-Nub]

have to wait til the weekend to get these done.

I did manage to take it out this week for a second and drove it. I got on the freeway for a few minutes and when i got back to the driveway the coolant was completely gone.

But in front of the reservoir theres a like a pan that the window washer fluid tank sits in. that hold pan was almost completely saturated with what seems like coolant. there was also coolant leaking onto the ground from around the same area. I also notice some saturation behind the coolant reservoir.

Are these symptoms of any of those three options?

no. if you are seeing coolant near the windshield washer reservoir that means either the coolant ball is leaking or one of the rubber hoses is.

Check around the coolant balls rubber hoses and see if you see any pink crust.

[Urkel]

no. if you are seeing coolant near the windshield washer reservoir that means either the coolant ball is leaking or one of the rubber hoses is.

Check around the coolant balls rubber hoses and see if you see any pink crust.

ran the car again got it in the driveway and found this.

It seems like the culprit is a leak but does this also explain the white smoke?

[speed51133!]

i dont see any culprit in the picture

[Urkel]

i dont see any culprit in the picture

theres like a small stream of fluid shooting out of the y hose around the center.

[Dub-Nub]

I had this happen to mine also. same spot

http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-...oses/ES307275/

http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-...ses/ES2515539/