60000 mile service items

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Lundy, Andrew say:

> >www.12v.org suggests changing the water pump at 75k although you would
> >typically change it when you do the timing belt at 90k.  Is this a
> >documented problem w/ the 12v V6?
>
> Not to my knowledge.  A lot of people talk about early water pump failure on
> the 12v but I'm yet to see ONE actual case.  I'm sure it happens but I don't
> think it's a widespread problem.

My 12V '95 A6QA started weeping from the water pump seal a little bit
at around 75K. I decided to do the WP and TB, etc by 80K, so I could
do it at my leisure, instead of waiting for the pump to fail more.
So, there is one data point.

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