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Charge cooler leaks and egr cooler leaks are unfortunately common on these engines across the man platform

Have you drove it since? Looks like what you usually get from disconnecting the battery. May need to drive a short distance and go full lock to full lock on the steering to clear

Fair enough. Thought it was maybe the aux heater. Not sure what else is drawing current down there https://forums.tdiclub.com/index.php?threads/burning-smell-from-heat.513304/

Do you have the auxiliary heater?

Have a bit of a google at heater matrix blockages on these engines, also charge cooler and egr cooler leaks. More likely one of those causing issues than one of those pipes

I’ve a notion the cupa engine doesn’t have balance shafts. Think I read about it when looking at dpf deletes on dark side developments website

Yes, it could be hydro locking the engine. The temperature sensor on the charge cooler can be removed and a endoscope stuck in to check for leaks. If leaking will look like the attached

Yes, the charge cooler sits atop the engine and when it leaks it can leak down into the cylinders over time causing hydrolock. These charge coolers are known to leak unfortunately. not sure why the radiator would have been changed though before. There’s also a bit of a funny start up on these engines, something to do with the vvt solenoid and it sometimes takes a bit longer to turn over. Was your starter motor actually faulty at all?

Could be diesel bug

Yep that’s off the heater flap as you can see. They sometimes jam which has maybe forced it out. Very awkward to push back on but can be done with some perseverance. The longer tooth on the cog needs to align with a longer slot on the motor itself to ensure it’s setup properly

Had similar, seemed to be the return spring on the mechanism was very dirty and a bit seized up on the calliper . Bit of a clean and some wd40 sorted it

I’ve found trw to be the best having tried pagid, Bosch and brembo on the Octavia. Pagids delaminated and the brembos knocked about in the Caliper

sorry to tell you this, but the Vrs is in that other 10%

Using coolant could be either Egr cooler, charge cooler, head gasket or blocked matrix. Are you getting steam out the exhaust? Is there any coolant residue around the reservoir from it overflowing? If there’s a new turbo then the oil consumption must be elsewhere, so can rule turbo out. A scanner isn’t going to show you why you are using coolant. It needs a decent mechanic. Pressure tests often don’t pick up on internal coolant leaks as they aren’t big enough and also sometimes only apparent when at operating temperatures.

If it’s just a top up and they don’t fully drain it, a couple of litres should be plenty. Think the full coolant system holds around 10 litres