[Biturbos4] Thermostat

[Tony Hoffman]

To add to this, take a close look at the housing. It's connected to the
lower rad hose, right behind the right side electric fan. If it's black
plastic, get a new one before starting the job. If it's alluminum, you are
good to go. If you want an alluminum one to replace the plastic one, find
one on ebay or a lasvage yard. They were alluminum on the early engines,
some time Audi switched to plastic.

And, yes, if it's my car I'm replacing the water pump and TB during this
job, unless it was recently done.

Tony

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Andrew Muff <andrew at muffster.com> wrote:

> Is that a European model? I thought US models were from 2000-2002.
>
> The first time I replaced my timing belt it took 27 hours total. Now I've
> done it so many times it only takes me 90 minutes to get past the timing
> belt and into the thermostat. Only a few more hours to replace it all.