Hi All,

I'm hopping some of you might be able to answer a few of my queries.

 

Quick back story

 

I was on my way back to work after lunch and my dash came up with low coolant level warning, while filling it back up I noticed a puddle forming under the front of my car. Upon inspection there was a not so nice fountain of liquid springing from what i believe is the charge cooler radiator (the thin one at the bottom). The radiator look to have been hit by a stone or similar on one of the pipes and bent some of the fins surrounding it.

 

I do not have any pics at the moment but can hopefully take a few and upload them tomorrow.

 

I have spent some time searching the net and this forum for answers. I believe the part need is 6R0145805H Additional cooler for coolant

I am yet to go to a garage for a price for them to fix/replace the part.

 

While searching and reading about what charge coolers do, I was wondering if anyone had upgraded to a larger unit, or had separated the charge cooler system from the rest of the cooling system in the hope of getting colder inlet temperatures.

 

My car is a 1.2 Tsi Fabia Monte Carlo 105ps Manual

 

Any advice will be welcome as I don't know as much as I think I do.

 

Sorry it took so long to put a picture up.

 

The damage is in the red circle.

 

 

Have got a price from a garage of less than £300 for the work.

Does that sound  a reasonable price?

I'd guess that currently, these parts will only be available from VAG so you will really need to pay what is being asked, that will be a bumper off job to get in there. Next plan might be to buy and fit some sort of protection for that area, I think that it has been covered already in this forum.

Edited 24 May, 201610 yr by rum4mo

For what it's worth, in our workshop we would almost certainly repair that for a fraction of the cost then pressure test it. Take it to a radiator motor factor for repair in your local area, or ask you dealer to do so. It's a 15min job for the repairers and apart from the dealer time to take it apart it should be a lot cheaper.