I have just had my car serviced and it has just passed the test. 2 days later, having driven only approx 20 kms the car overheated without any warning signals. (The needle was on red). I had the car towed to my garage. They are now telling me that they have changed the water pump and checked other possibilities, but that it is still overheating and I may have "burnt out the engine". As there was no warning signal, I did not immediately notice that it was overheating and may have driven a total of 15 kms from starting the car to where I had it towed from.
The car has had a small leak for more than a year, but I have regularly filled it with green anti-freeze as soon as the light came on. I am suspicious that the garage made some mistake as this occurred so soon after the service. Clearly I can not prove it, but would be interested to hear if this is a frequent problem with an Audi of this age but with only 130000 kms on the clock. Many thanks.
The car has had a small leak for more than a year, but I have regularly filled it with green anti-freeze as soon as the light came on. I am suspicious that the garage made some mistake as this occurred so soon after the service. Clearly I can not prove it, but would be interested to hear if this is a frequent problem with an Audi of this age but with only 130000 kms on the clock. Many thanks.
Jan 1, 2014 at 9:07 PM