Audi A6 c6 3.0T Coolant Leak

[eternal merlin]

need assistance #1032037388811243591

[deft kettle]

looks like its coming from the front. possibly water pump failure

[eternal merlin]

how expensive are we thinking and is this something I could do with minimal experience

I bought the car 5 days ago from the guy and it’s an a6 2011 with 116k km

[deft kettle]

if you havent worked on a car before i would ask a shop to do that. obv dont take my assumption as a "its definitely this", have it properly diagnosed, but if youre in the US youre looking at a few hundred bucks at the very least

[eternal merlin]

i was told by a fellow mechanic here in canada that it might be a 2000 dollar repair

[deft kettle]

2000 CAD sounds about right yeah

if its a water pump, that is. hopefully you guys shut the engine off before it overheated

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[eternal merlin]

for just a water pump? all you have to do is drop the bumper ac and rad right like that can take one hour

yes we shut it off immediately and parked it

there was a 500 foot trail of coolant on the road

[deft kettle]

enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPF6ITIidA

[eternal merlin]

i watched that video and he pulled the supercharger and everything which i’m advised not to do

[deft kettle]

youre able to do it without pulling the supercharger but generally if its gonna take you 30 minutes to save 90 minutes of fucking around then obviously its better to just bite the bullet and get the supercharger out of the way

had it been a 40 year old car id be more inclined to agree with the "touch as little as possible" mindset

so its definitely possible to do this repair yourself but its a pretty big repair, and its an audi. if i were you id start with easier things first tbh

[eternal merlin]

not worth it to go out there and tear it apart on the side of the road alone?

i could have a tow lined up wednesday and the mechanic look at it that day

[deft kettle]

if you had done similar jobs before then id say fuck it, knock yourself out. but youre gonna cause yourself major headaches doing this type of job ESPECIALLY roadside. if you want a car you can do engine out jobs on roadside get a subaru with a boxer 4 engine