Xeno

Mechanic says I have a coolant leak on my SL63. Does anyone recognize the buildup in this spot? Is it common?

JettaRed

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Do you have blue or pink coolant?

Xeno

I'm not sure. And the car is in the shop now so I can't check.

crconsulting

Coolant leak ☹️


Mileage?

Xeno

Just hit 40k when it happened.

crconsulting

Wow, pretty low mileage for water pump issue. Do you know if the car sat for a while?
Could be a hose…

Xeno

I'm praying it's a hose. I had a coolant level warning one time. I didn't even add any more and never had another warning, but my mechanic found the buildup in that photo above and wanted to do a pressure test, so that's what's happening right now. He described it as "it'll break, and then we'll order the parts to fix it". Kinda wish he hadn't told me. 😂

cdk4219

Probably time to go in there and replace all the plastic turbo coolant lines. They are problems and that’s what you’re issue is likely