A couple weeks ago I had my wife's early 1999 A3 Jetta towed to a recommended Import repair shop. The car overheated and wouldn't restart due to a coolant leak. Fortunately it turned out to be a cracked fitting and nothing too major. Car even runs fine now once it cooled down and the coolant was filled back up. Unfortunately the repair place did not get the lowest 90 deg elbow fitting (the one you use to drain the system) seated properly. Tonight it finally blew loose and once again the car stalled due to overheating. After much trouble, I reseated the fitting properly and filled the car up with coolant. The trouble is, all I had available was the green stuff. Two questions for you:
1)Should I have the system drained and flushed and the coolant replaced with the proper VW spec coolant2)Do you think I should insist the repair place do it for me at no cost? (and check this same fitting after he's done?)
I've drained the coolant myself last summer and know that the fitting in question is a nightmare to get back on properly due to the water pump bracket getting in the way. Let me know what you think.
Thanks, EWB