Q: I have an a3 2.0 tdi dsg , it is losing a lot
Hi the a3 is using coolant fast At normal driving it's not too bad but put your foot down on motorway and the coolant light , abs and skid control light all come on and when you check the coolant bottle is right down to nearly empty , but soon as you restart the car and refill the coolant all lights go off until the next time it happens , also don't know if this is anything to do with it but it takes a few seconds to start on a morning and feels very lumping in idle but fine soon as engine is warm Thanks for taking time to read this much appreciated
My car has 134000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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