Head Gaskets on TTC

[cayenneturboabbe]

Unfortunately I'm back with bad news! I have a 2004 Turbo Cayenne I just bought. I was getting ready to leave yesterday morning for work and noticed a puddle of coolant under the truck. I ended up taking all the under body and under hood plastic off to see were the leak was coming from. They definitely crammed that engine into this car too:) I came to conclusion it was leaking from the top center in the back of the motor. I felt better that it was only a tube or connection leak. I ended up having it flat bedded to my local mechanic and they determined it was a hose from under the Intake Manifold towards the back of the engine. I'm waiting to get the part list today too. When he had the Intake Manifold off he noticed Coolant beads on the intake valves. He's not positive if this is from the coolant tube or a Head Gasket. I'm not sure if this just seeped under when sitting all night when leaking.

I guess I'm curious if any one has had this issue or Head Gasket issues? I'm kind of stuck wondering if this just happens to be from the coolant tube leak under the intake or if I really need to go through with a head gasket change.

He's fixing the tube that created the leak and putting the Cayenne back together and I'm going from that point. I was wondering if there are any steps I should take to check if the head gaskets are leaking? In know I could do a cylinder pressure test, white smoke out the tail pipe, check the oil for coolant and so on...

Thanks for any help!!!!

Bill

[the head]

It's probably the coolant tube. I haven't heard on any of the various forums for over the past year on the head gaskets going (not that that's impossible). There is a TSB that details the parts list and Sunset Imports is way cheaper than anyone else on what you'll need. If you're worried about a head gasket, get a leakdown test.

[corriepups]

Hope it's not the gasket, engine out job to remove heads.

[cayenneturboabbe]

It's probably the coolant tube. I haven't heard on any of the various forums for over the past year on the head gaskets going (not that that's impossible). There is a TSB that details the parts list and Sunset Imports is way cheaper than anyone else on what you'll need. If you're worried about a head gasket, get a leakdown test.

Thanks for the info! I think I'm going to keep an eye on it and drive very good:) I'll perform a leakdown test to see if any alarms come up too. I'm having all the tubes replaced this week along with a coolant flushed and replaced. I'll keep an eye on my coolant level and also the exhaust smell along with checking the oil and under the oil cap. I guess this is my best defense at the moment.

[wvicary]

I have not heard of cylinder hard gasket problems on these engines.