Ron Armstrong

My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I can
only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until I
have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
Thanks

Ronny

"Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
> can
> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
> I
> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
> Thanks
>
>

It should be ok, my last Audi A4 had a slight water leak for the whole time
I owned it, just when it says low coolant just top it up, or you could try
adding some sealant, like RADWELD etc, people will come back and say how bad
it is for the engine, but it's worked ok for me when I had no money.

When was the timing belt last changed? that's the most important thing.

Think about it as a calculated risk, personally I would use some sealant and
forget about it, but it's your choice

Ronny

"Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
> can
> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
> I
> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
> Thanks
>
>

It should be ok, my last Audi A4 had a slight water leak for the whole time
I owned it, just when it says low coolant just top it up, or you could try
adding some sealant, like RADWELD etc, people will come back and say how bad
it is for the engine, but it's worked ok for me when I had no money.

When was the timing belt last changed? that's the most important thing.

Think about it as a calculated risk, personally I would use some sealant and
forget about it, but it's your choice

Ronny

"Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Z0KCe.13084$aY6.6095@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
> can
> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
> I
> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
> Thanks
>
>

It should be ok, my last Audi A4 had a slight water leak for the whole time
I owned it, just when it says low coolant just top it up, or you could try
adding some sealant, like RADWELD etc, people will come back and say how bad
it is for the engine, but it's worked ok for me when I had no money.

When was the timing belt last changed? that's the most important thing.

Think about it as a calculated risk, personally I would use some sealant and
forget about it, but it's your choice

R@L

"Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
> can
> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
> I
> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
> Thanks
>
>

It can get worse very quickly.

Ronald

R@L

"Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
> can
> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
> I
> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
> Thanks
>
>

It can get worse very quickly.

Ronald

R@L

"Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Z0KCe.13084$aY6.6095@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
> can
> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
> I
> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
> Thanks
>
>

It can get worse very quickly.

Ronald

Steve68s

"R@L" <reply@usenet.com> wrote in message
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> "Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Z0KCe.13084$aY6.6095@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
>> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
>> can
>> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
>> I
>> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> It can get worse very quickly.
>
> Ronald
>

It may be ok to drive it & keep topping it, up, but the worst case scenario
is you loose all the water & seize the engine, this will cost more to fix
what size engine is it? the 2.0 ABK engine is very easy to work on,

Steve.

Steve68s

"R@L" <reply@usenet.com> wrote in message
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> "Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Z0KCe.13084$aY6.6095@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
>> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
>> can
>> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
>> I
>> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> It can get worse very quickly.
>
> Ronald
>

It may be ok to drive it & keep topping it, up, but the worst case scenario
is you loose all the water & seize the engine, this will cost more to fix
what size engine is it? the 2.0 ABK engine is very easy to work on,

Steve.

Steve68s

"R@L" <reply@usenet.com> wrote in message
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> "Ron Armstrong" <ronnie655@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Z0KCe.13084$aY6.6095@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
>> My 93 Audi 100 has coolant leaking from behind the belt cover area so I
>> can
>> only assume it is the water pump. Is it safe to drive it like this until
>> I
>> have the money to have it fixed, or do I risk breaking the timing belt?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> It can get worse very quickly.
>
> Ronald
>

It may be ok to drive it & keep topping it, up, but the worst case scenario
is you loose all the water & seize the engine, this will cost more to fix
what size engine is it? the 2.0 ABK engine is very easy to work on,

Steve.