RANT: T-Stat on A4

[Ti Kan]

mkb writes:
> Oh geez, I just have to rant on this AND the oil filter on an AEB A4.
> 
> What a pain to get to both.  For the oil filter, you have to lift the coolant reservoir off and squeeze your arm through a tight opening to get your hand on the filter.  Working mostly blind here.  Heaven forbid it's too tight otherwise you'll be struggling to get an oil filter clamp in that tight spot to remove it.
> 
> Don't get me started on the t-stat!  I never had the good fortune to become familiar with the work of team doorhandle, but these guys seem to have collabarated on the placement of this device.  What were they thinking?  Too much bier I think.

Hmm, don't know about the t-stat, but the oil filter should be a snap
if you work from the bottom of the car.  Just remove the belly-pan
cover (a few quarter turn screws), and the oil filter is right there
with full open access...

-Ti