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Aldain Josiah
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blown head gasket

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can sumpne plse help
i have a polo6 1.4 comfortline 2013 model...on tuesday whilst driving to work the red thermo light started flashing on my dash
i drove to the nearest garage opened the the coolant bottle to check and noticed the water bottle was still full and then drove to my mechanic
and whilst on my way there the light came on again...the guy did test on my water pump and thermostat even checked the radiator
and everything was ok..he did a chemical test yesterday and found that i blew my head gasket..
plse can sumone advise me how this could be cause i did not even have any warnings to overheating previous to this incident?
is this possible ?
is this a common on this vw polo ?
i read there was a batch that was having coolant problems but not sure if its real plse can sumone advise me ?

tks
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There were issues on a batch of those motors. One of my colleagues had endless issues with his also
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tks for the reply
so whats the way forward can this problem be rectified
my car is currently at a workshop to be repaired
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