'02 a41.8t avant windshield washer pumps

[urq]

I remember once when I bought a replacement thermostat for the 5kCSQA ... I
don't remember if it was from the dealer or a FLAPS.  I remember thinking to
myself, cool it is another Wahler, just like the one I'm taking out.  A
couple months later I get a call from the wife telling me that the car is
overheating.  Funny, the original t-stat failed open, which is not *as* big
a deal as failing closed ... which is what the replacement did.  IME
thermostats seem to be prone to infant mortality syndromes.  

I don't get as much of a warm fuzzy when I read the Wahler brand nowadays
... 

I've done business with AutoHausAZ on a couple occasions and have never
regretted it.  As a long time urq owner I still haven't gotten over having
dealt with Shokan back in the day, perhaps they have changed.  I do
recommend Scott Mockry's business sjmautotechnik.com.  I'm not a big fan of
Blau, but personally I think I'd check there before Shokan.  I still miss
Rod Ramsey and Didi ...

Steve Buchholz

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Bought a thermostat from them, four months later, car overheated resulted in
cracked head, which yielded a replacement engine, since it would have been
more expensive to replace the heads.  Does that help?