hoTTie

I was cruising my TT down the freeway running a little late for a wedding. BAM- a big red temp light came on, the temp gauge was pegged no prior signs, engine was running strong, no weird sounds, nothing. I turned off at the next exit, smoke was pouring out from underneath the car. I pulled into a gas station and shut it down, it cooled off. I checked the oil, it was fine. Then I started it up and tried to add water it seemed full. Fortunately the Audi dealer was only a mile down the road, what a lucky break. I dumped the car off and grabbed a loaner car. I was an hour late for the wedding, missed the ceremony, the reception was a party.

Back to the car, has anyone experienced overheating problems like this? I read a few posts regarding water-pump failures. My TT only has 17K miles. It seems odd that a water-pump could fail that quickly. I hope the engine isn't damaged...has anyone had a similar problem?

JazziTT

Hope it turns out OK...

btitus

it was on my Neon -- was driving home one night and the temp needle pegged all the way hot. also, i lost heat. my first thought was also waterpump, however it turned out to be a blown head gasket. wierd thing was, i had no loss of power (not that neon has any to begin with), hence i never thought it was something as serious as a head gasket.

so i hope that's not the problem you had, but might want to pull the plugs and take a look in the cylinders.

JustJeff

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sounds like you wanted to add water right away, after pulling off the freeway.
You would ned to wait a long time for the engine to cool to add water to an over-heated engine.
You are lucky that it was full, or you could have cracked the block.

Qu!cksilva

Loadsa steam ans coolant everywhere...
Was 100 yards from home...just coasted...

I would expect you'll be ok...