[urq] Water Pump and Timing Belt was "help"

Andrew B andrew.sb at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 13:58:48 EST 2005


Due to weather conditions and lack garage space I took my limping
quattro to a local foreign motors place, where they got it running but
diagnosed it as having a bad water pump.  They wanted to replace that
and the timing chain.

Because of financial limitations, I only had them do the water pump. 
Was this a bad idea?  Can I do the timing belt later?  I don't know
when it was replaced, am waiting to hear back from the PO.  The car
has 100k miles on it, and the PO was meticulous.  I may have a spare
one in my garage, and can probably do it at home under better
conditions, but what, pray tell, am I getting myself into?  Should I
have just let him do it?  The difference in price is about $300, which
I want to avoid, but I don't want my car to die on the way back to
Syracuse.

-A


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