Cayenne in with a coolant leak 2012 i believe .. it basically dumped all of its coolant in one go .
Up on a ramp .. pouring out of the n/s of the engine below the high pressure fuel pump.
You cant see this area but with a mirror and by touch we found a coolant pipe disconnected with the metal sleeve it attaches to still in the rubber pipe ..
The sleeve should be attached to the engine !!
A little bit of research later and this seems to be a common fault in the USA but not so here .. well this is the first one we have seen anyways .
There is a modified part which stops this .. unfortunately there is also a common problem with the thermostat housing which has also been modified .
In this case the customer went for an engine drop and replace both parts ..
The cheaper alternative .. and it's a hell of a lot cheaper is to refit the sleeve using JB weld and is done from under the car and by touch or remove the high pressure pump and you have a small amount of vision to the offending part .
If this is done though no garage would give any kind of guarantee that it won't come out again .
The pictures were taken for our website so i had to edit out our name .. i just borrowed the pictures shall we say to post here
Up on a ramp .. pouring out of the n/s of the engine below the high pressure fuel pump.
You cant see this area but with a mirror and by touch we found a coolant pipe disconnected with the metal sleeve it attaches to still in the rubber pipe ..
The sleeve should be attached to the engine !!
A little bit of research later and this seems to be a common fault in the USA but not so here .. well this is the first one we have seen anyways .
There is a modified part which stops this .. unfortunately there is also a common problem with the thermostat housing which has also been modified .
In this case the customer went for an engine drop and replace both parts ..
The cheaper alternative .. and it's a hell of a lot cheaper is to refit the sleeve using JB weld and is done from under the car and by touch or remove the high pressure pump and you have a small amount of vision to the offending part .
If this is done though no garage would give any kind of guarantee that it won't come out again .
The pictures were taken for our website so i had to edit out our name .. i just borrowed the pictures shall we say to post here
