I've had my vrs for about 6 months, and it's not been the kindest to me. Since I got it, I think it's been suffering from head lift (which I only read about last week). I normally don't have to fill the coolant up too often, maybe a little top up each month and when the coolant light comes on I undo the cap and the level rises back up.

But after driving about 10 miles today, the engine had fully warmed up,and a load of white smoke came out of the back. So I dropped it into neutral and rolled to somewhere I could pull over and, as expected, my coolant light started flashing and beeping at me on the way.

Popped the bonnet and a fair bit of steam came out and the expansion tank was completely empty.

RAC are on their way but is there anything this could be other than the head gasket?

Cheers,

Adam

I've had my vrs for about 6 months, and it's not been the kindest to me. Since I got it, I think it's been suffering from head lift (which I only read about last week). I normally don't have to fill the coolant up too often, maybe a little top up each month and when the coolant light comes on I undo the cap and the level rises back up.

But after driving about 10 miles today, the engine had fully warmed up,and a load of white smoke came out of the back. So I dropped it into neutral and rolled to somewhere I could pull over and, as expected, my coolant light started flashing and beeping at me on the way.

Popped the bonnet and a fair bit of steam came out and the expansion tank was completely empty.

RAC are on their way but is there anything this could be other than the head gasket?

Cheers,

Adam

 

Could be down to one of the pipe's/pumps leading from the coolant not fully circulating it. I've experienced that before. £50 fix.

 

Hope you find out soon.

Edited 19 March, 201610 yr by Conn0r

Unless your water pump has failed, which is unlikely since the problem's been getting worse for a while, then head gasket failure is almost a certainty.

So it turns out I'm terrible at using my eyes... Didn't have more than a 500ml bottle of water to see if I could see where the coolant had gone but RAC guy filled it up and saw water pouring out of a hose [emoji4]

Time to see how much skoda want to (over)charge me for a new one.

And to scare me again, when I stopped off at sainsbury's to buy some bottles of water to keep in the car, I start it up and the coolant light comes on again... Open expansion tank, release the pressure, level back to normal...

Probably time to order some pd150 head bolts while I'm at it

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The burst pipe is probably a symptom of over-pressurisation rather than the cause, a bit like a fuse blowing, you should replace your thermostat as well since they're so cheap.

White smoke from the exhaust is not a sign that a hose has burst, it's a sign that the head gasket has blown.

Check in the coolant bowler if there is HC-gas. A Workshop can do that in few minute. Thats at clear siign. Some time you must fill the bowler more than one time before the level i stabile...

Sheck also the metal tube under the engine, if there is? Om mine 1,4 engine this was leak and rusty.

The burst pipe is probably a symptom of over-pressurisation rather than the cause, a bit like a fuse blowing, you should replace your thermostat as well since they're so cheap.

White smoke from the exhaust is not a sign that a hose has burst, it's a sign that the head gasket has blown.

 

^ This!