Water leak

[Micky fletch 10]

Hi folks

I have an annoying little water leak in the engine on the side of the block.

Basically I need to identify the offending part which is in the picture.

Any help gratefully received.

Thanks all in advance.

2.0 16v [ATTACH=CONFIG]78514[/ATTACH]

[joebloggsVR69 0]

Looks like the plastic flange could be the problem.

 

The part number on it seems to be:

051 121 145 D

 

That seems to have been superceded with this part:

027 121 145 B

 

You'll probably want a new seal too:

N 902 954 01

 

A couple of bolts:

N 010 217 10

 

And 2 spring washers:

N 012 226 5

 

I've just checked VW Heritage, and they have all the bits you need

http://www.vwheritage.com

[joebloggsVR69 0]

You'll probably want some coolant too!

[Micky fletch 10]

Thanks Jo I'll give heritage a shout tomorrow

[Kempy 0]

Tps will have all those and vw spares

[Supercharged 2]

Yep - those plastic flanges seem to last around 80k then start to warp / crumble / leak

[Riley 0]

Would be nice to have some alloy ones available, like the replacements for the radiator top flange that Gruvenparts do. I wonder if they would be interested in making them up? Or you can bet there's something from another Vw that will do the job?

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]78520[/ATTACH]

[joebloggsVR69 0]

To be fair, the plastic one is so cheap and lasts a long time, so it would be overkill to get an alloy one :)

[Riley 0]

Well I've experienced crappy aftermarket ones that don't last two minutes :-( (Warped/leaked soon After fitting) But now that heritage do them I suppose that's a no brainer like you say...An alloy one would look good though and probably outlast the car lol.