Stinky Pete

Not normal at all :S , you will get a bit of what feels like "clutch slip" if you try to start very slowly on a step hill. I notice it on my when I am backing slowly up my driveway. Other than that it should be smooth,it will change up quickly when in D as the engine has so much torque. I tend to always start in sport mode and apply about one third to half throttle. It tends to change up at about 2500 to 3000rpm, once I'm up to road speed I move the D

Thanks, I've heard some good reports, one locally is from a guy who builds racing engines for enthuiasts, he puts it in the cooling system of all his cars as a precaution. Swears by it!

Could do the head completely but I'm looking at about $3000 to do this. Given that cars performance is not affected in any way and the agent could not find the leak, or any fault for that matter, I'm sort of reluctant to spend that sort of money. I could just leave it as is and continue to top up it up even few weeks as I have done for the past 18 months. The sealants of today seem to be a lot more sophisticated hence the question. The advice I'm getting locally from very experienced people is give it a try, products like K Seal, which has ceramic particals in it, have been recommended.

I have a 2007 V6 TDI with only 50 kms (30k miles) on it, one of the last of the series 1. It is a beautiful car, the engine is smooth and pulls like a freight train from 1200rpm, ride is a little soft but wonderfully smooth and refined. The transmission is the only critism I would have and echo some of the comments from others on this thread. It just doesn't seem to be the right match to the power of the engine. Contrary to a lot of negative comments about this engine I have found a lot of positive stuff. The service manager at my local agent speaks very highly of them. Mine is the last of them though so it may have a lot of the earlier niggles engineered out

Good thoughts, thanks. I actually have the manifold off the car a the moment resolving a turbo overboost issue and found the source of the leak by chance. The car has been on ramps for a few day and I notice a small pool of water under the car. A closer look and I can see the water dripping from the #2 port. Putting my finger inside the head and its very wet in there. I have already had cylinder leakage test and every other test doen buy the agent and they found nothing.

I have a 2006 2.0 TDI with a very slow coolant loss. It goes from Max to Min over 2000kms. I've traced the probelm to a cracked or porous head. The cracks are into the exhaust gallery on #2 so there is no effect at all on performance or operation of the car. Its been like this since we bought the car 18 months ago and the amount of water being lost has not changed. Given the crack/s is/are in a low preassure area I'm wondering if a chemical leak stop will work. Chem-i-weld, Bars leaks, Seal lock and Blue Devil are some that come to mind. Anyone tried these with any success? Likewise has anyone got any reasons why I should not try to seal the crack this way? Interested in comments, cheers

The issue will likely be a porous head. I have had a similar collant loss on my 2.0 TDI for the past 18 months. The delaer cannot find any fault, the car runs well no smoke, no oil in the water no overheating from over preassure just it goes from full to low in the coolant about every 2000Kms. So where does it go....??? We folks I now can answer this mysterious puzzle. I leaks slowly into the exhaust port and is blown out the exhaust. The amount is so small that it will be vapourised long before if reaches the tail pipe. How do I know you all ask..... I discovered it by chance when removing the turbo to cure an over boost issue. I left the car on stands for several days with the exhaust manifold off only to discover a small puddle of water on the floor. Closer investigation showed it was coming from the #2 exhaust port :S