Major coolant freak-out RIP VW Beetle 2000!??!

They also leak pretty good when they have holes in them !

;)

Heres what the doctor said !

Water pump - RIP

Coolant parts - RIP

Bill for the above $700 Ouch !

Now for the other thing. Either the head gasket or the head is cracked (white smoke coming out of the exhaust). To replace the gasket = $1000. To replace the head = $3000.

Christmas is cancelled !

Anybody ever tried this stuff below ?

$1000 to replace the headgasket is over priced not unless you live in a BIG metro area. Labor for the head should be around 5 hours time. Consider a used head maybe...

Thanks thats what I thought too.

Have been ringing around to the smaller dealers seeing if I can get the cylinder head and gasket replaced for under $3000.

Also good idea using a used head - thanks.

JW

This poor guy couldn't be lucky enough that this is the same part as a VR6, shouldn't Gruven have their metal replacement ready any day now?

nate

Lost > and they melt too when there's no coolant in the block.

That's probably is and FWIW it's plastic on my '91 Mk2 GTI too, so the plastic dates back quite a bit.