1999 A4 Quattro Thermostat Replacement.

[Rick Liotta]

Thank you Grant.

I was hoping it was gonna be like by 1969 slant6 Plymouth engine.  Remove
one hose, remove 2 bolts, take out aluminum housing, swap a 9$ t'stat, and
DONE.

Thanks to all-- you folks are great!

Rick



Rick Liotta
9640 Burning Bush Drive
Anchorage, AK    99507
 

907-337-7685

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Lenahan [mailto:glenahan at vfemail.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 7:07 AM
To: john at westcoastgarage.net
Cc: Rick Liotta; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: 1999 A4 Quattro Thermostat Replacement.

its generally involved removing the front end ( for access) and the TB.

You can see videos of it on youtube
The I4 is the easiest of the bunch i'm told.

Grant

john at westcoastgarage.net wrote:
>> Hi all----
>>
>> I have a 1999 A4 Quattro (6 cyl) which I believe needs a new
thermostat-it
>> takes too long to warm up.  Please--- is this a job for a DoItYourSelfer/
>>
>> Thanks a lot--- Rick
>>
>>
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> Better be REALLY sure the thermostat is the problem.  They rarely fail,
> BTW.  You'll have to remove the front bumper and cover, move the core
> support into the service position, remove the accessory drive belt and
> tensioner, and remove the timing belt covers.  The thermostat is behind
> the timing belt.  On the 12v cars, it's just barely possible to fish the
> thermostat cover out from behind it, but that may not be possible on the
> 24v cars.  If I were doing this for a customer, or even on my own car, I'd
> do the T-belt, the water pump, the aux belt, and all the
> rollers/tensioners.  In fact, given past experience, I wouldn't take on
> the job without doing the cam chain tensioner gaskets.  All in all, a
> pretty big job, one that experienced tech use up the better part of a day.
>
> John
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