douglasskemp
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Thursday I'm going to start pulling apart our '15 1.4T. Last fall it had the all too typical puddle of water under it. Didn't know better then, so we took it to the dealership. It might have been under warranty. We took it in November but the warranty stopped in October. Dang it!
$1000 for warranty and water pump replacement.
Okay, fixed the problem.
Or so we thought.
May of this year it overheated AGAIN.
Pulled over, put water in it, went to restart it and it wouldn't fire.
Called tow truck.
Took it to independent mechanic who had NO idea of the car's history. They pressure tested the cooling system. Took pictures of it. Their diagnosis, the water pump failed. Okay.
Dealership.
Get it towed there. THEY do a test on the cooling system. THEIR diagnosis? The radiator failed and caused the coolant to leak out which caused the water pump failure.
Their 'estimates' for an entire engine replacement is between 5 and 8 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I'm pretty sure they're trying to gouge. Even an ENTIRE CAR wouldn't cost that much. It's probably just a head gasket or maybe a cracked head. I doubt that it messed up the block or rotating assembly.
I want to fix it as we still owe money on it. Thursday is when I'm going to start. We're doing laundry tomorrow morning and my grubby clothes are still in the dirty clothes.
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$1000 for warranty and water pump replacement.
Okay, fixed the problem.
Or so we thought.
May of this year it overheated AGAIN.
Pulled over, put water in it, went to restart it and it wouldn't fire.
Called tow truck.
Took it to independent mechanic who had NO idea of the car's history. They pressure tested the cooling system. Took pictures of it. Their diagnosis, the water pump failed. Okay.
Dealership.
Get it towed there. THEY do a test on the cooling system. THEIR diagnosis? The radiator failed and caused the coolant to leak out which caused the water pump failure.
Their 'estimates' for an entire engine replacement is between 5 and 8 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I'm pretty sure they're trying to gouge. Even an ENTIRE CAR wouldn't cost that much. It's probably just a head gasket or maybe a cracked head. I doubt that it messed up the block or rotating assembly.
I want to fix it as we still owe money on it. Thursday is when I'm going to start. We're doing laundry tomorrow morning and my grubby clothes are still in the dirty clothes.
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