Jparish8
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Hello all,
I am new to this and any on-line forum so bare with me. I have a 2014 Passat TDI and have spent a lot of money over the past year on repairs mainly due to the cooling system. I love this car, but cant keep having it overheat or the heater not function while I am away from home. I bought the TDI for the fuel mileage, interior space and longevity of the motor. I have 184K on it and rack up 30-40K a year on it. So I am completely out of every warranty. Two weeks ago the car started to overheat driving interstate through the flat state of Illinois. Took it to a dealer who over the last two weeks has replaced the thermostat and in the next few days the heater core again. I have had the core replaced once every year of owning it and now it only lasted from January until now with 22K since replacing it ( I think VW is just telling the dealer this because its a known problem I don't see how it is causing an overheating as when it was getting hot I could turn on the heater and wow was it hot). In December I had the timing belt, cam seals and water pump replaced due to mileage and the seals leaking oil. In January of this year I had no heat and had a dealer replace the heater core because the last dealer had bent the tubes when doing it so I could not get it back together myself and the dash had to be pulled. So any ideas on what is causing the vehicle to over heat? Also has anyone figured out if we can modify the cooling system to add in an external filter if that would help? One more thought should I test the alkalinity and put cooling system conditioner in the system if its too high? I cant get rid of the car as with the miles I still owe enough that I would take a loss, especially with whatever I get I will rack those miles up quickly. Also had the dealer in January perform the "clean" of the cooling system which is basically putting CLR (VW Version though) through the system to clean it out. Thoughts?
I am new to this and any on-line forum so bare with me. I have a 2014 Passat TDI and have spent a lot of money over the past year on repairs mainly due to the cooling system. I love this car, but cant keep having it overheat or the heater not function while I am away from home. I bought the TDI for the fuel mileage, interior space and longevity of the motor. I have 184K on it and rack up 30-40K a year on it. So I am completely out of every warranty. Two weeks ago the car started to overheat driving interstate through the flat state of Illinois. Took it to a dealer who over the last two weeks has replaced the thermostat and in the next few days the heater core again. I have had the core replaced once every year of owning it and now it only lasted from January until now with 22K since replacing it ( I think VW is just telling the dealer this because its a known problem I don't see how it is causing an overheating as when it was getting hot I could turn on the heater and wow was it hot). In December I had the timing belt, cam seals and water pump replaced due to mileage and the seals leaking oil. In January of this year I had no heat and had a dealer replace the heater core because the last dealer had bent the tubes when doing it so I could not get it back together myself and the dash had to be pulled. So any ideas on what is causing the vehicle to over heat? Also has anyone figured out if we can modify the cooling system to add in an external filter if that would help? One more thought should I test the alkalinity and put cooling system conditioner in the system if its too high? I cant get rid of the car as with the miles I still owe enough that I would take a loss, especially with whatever I get I will rack those miles up quickly. Also had the dealer in January perform the "clean" of the cooling system which is basically putting CLR (VW Version though) through the system to clean it out. Thoughts?