||Hi Volks! || ||"Fred T. Mahusay" wrote: ||> I have recently joined the ranks of the ownership of VW!! My 99 Jetta has ||> sprung a coolant leak. I haven't been able to find the source. It only ||> leaks/dribbles when the engine is cool. When running at better-than-highway ||> speeds or humming at idle for long periods the coolant stays inside. When ||> the engine is completely cold it happens. || ||My '77 Audi 80 (that's an Audi Fox in the US, I think) used to ||show precisely this behaviour. It was the water pump. Not ||terribly expensive as I remember. (I'm aware that the cars are ||rather different, but their engines are virtually the same.)
Our 2000 NB starting leaking coolant a few months ago, turned out to be the WP. $400 to change it, either at the dealer or an independent. You might as well change the timing belt at the same time, so add another $200. Fortunately, ours turned out to be covered under the 100K mile drivetrain warranty, after some haggling with VWOA. Texas Parts Guy