what is this

[shorty40]

I noticed something hanging from underneath my car, it was below the drivers seat looked like a small rad or cooler, felt a bit of heat from it when I put it back in its proper position in the floor pan. Any ideas? as I don't have a clue.

 

[Slimy]

Heat shield for the cat?

 

[Muttley]

Small rad or cooler underneath the drivers side sounds like the fuel cooler for the PD fuel system. Looking at your profile you have a TDI engine, so you would expect to find one there.

Here's a photo from the TDI Club forum showing one fitted to a Mk.4 Golf

It shouldn't be loose and if it gets damaged it will leak fuel.

Is your car a Mk.2 (the one that looks like a Mk.1 Leon with a boot) or Mk.3 (the one that looks like an Altea)? The Mk.3 should have a floor cover that needs removing first to get to the cooler.

 

[Wimbledonian]

www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3771480

 

[shorty40]

Thanks Muttley, thats what it is, diesel cooler ,no floor cover on the pan, from reading some posts it seems to be a broken spot weld on a lug that attaches it to the floor. Ramps out tomorrow for permanent fix.