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Originally Posted by notorious
I will be ordering coolant reservoir for preventive maintenance next time I do something with the car. They are prone to leakage where the header pipe enters the reservoir from top. The weak point is steel pipe to plastic junction. The places wears out eventually due to temperature stresses. I heard some horror stories about sudden leakages. So you done the right thing.
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That's exactly what happened to me, top pipe section and to my mate. Fact this was on my list, this issue just speeded it up.
Coolant reservoir isn't as bad horror as on R8s. They leak directly on the engine and can't remember how, but coolant gets into the engine, messing injectors as well. Seen three of them with stripped down engines last year. Horrible scenes.
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2006 D3 S8 5.2 V10
Ceramic Brakes, Bang&Olufsen, DTV, DAB, Rear Camera, BT, TPMS, Soft Close, Auto Boot, AMI , 4 Zone AC, Home Link, All Electric Blinds, Fingerprint, Ski Hatch, Black Extended Leather, Heated Sport Seats, Alacantra, Carbon Trim inc Aluminium Pack 2.
2015 A3 S line 1.4 TFSI - for the missus to keep her away from my car.
Standard S-line equipment, no extras.
2006 D3 A8 3.7 V8 - SOLD but not forgotten
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