the water pump is not timing belt driven on the A3. on the A4 it is. if its not leaking it may not be necessary to replace, but if the coolant is skunky and you're in there anyway...
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Theres just not that much mass in the engine... I've noticed that mine > takes a long time to heat up. I'm having the water pump changed next week, > maybe I should have the thermostat done too. Considering the amount of > stuff I'm having done it won't add much more money ;) > > Timing belt > water pump > the seals around the timing belt plus tensioners and whatnot > coolant flush and fill with proper VW G12 > Shifter bushings > > This is of course what I get for buying a car with no history. > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:22:03 -0600 > From: Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie > Message-ID: > <cacncphmmq1ynajfegjtw7u2ywh0zyfmpmenxycfrvdvvz2p...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > In general its OK. My 2000 Jetta was hard to warm up on the coldest days > even in Nashville. And on those same coldest days once it was at operating > temperature it would drop down some at traffic lights! but it was a real > fuel miser, 50 MPG at 75 MPH was not uncommon. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
