Re: Coolant smell, low heating

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

This is a topic that is fixed by the side of the road or fixed for real.

Don't shortcut.

tberk





Jason wrote:
> 
> Rich Zuk wrote:
> 
> > 88 16V:  Hoses all changed 6 months ago.I sometimes smell some coolant
> > thru the vents.  No noticable fogging on winshield, no moisture on
> > passenger side carpet either.  I don't know if a/c works or not.  What
> > do you think?Also- Is it me or everyone, my heat does not get "toasty"
> > warm, even after an hour of driving in the hills of the Adirondacks
> > with 20 degree temps.I want lots of heat and no coolant smell!!TIARich
> 
> I 'm having similar problems, in my last scirocco I used some stop leak
> (world's best stop leak, it's the gray stuff in a plastic tube, not the
> liquid) I've had a ton of people tell me this stuff is the best. The
> smell went away. Probably a little pinhole leak in the heater core. As
> for the low amount of heat I'd flush the cooling system and put in a new
> thermostat. These both do a lot to protect your engine, radiator, and
> heater core, none of which are cheap items to replace. I have a cooler
> fan switch and thermostat than stock so that doesn't help either.
> 
> Jason.
> 87 Scirocco 16v 2.0 Motronic.
> 
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