[Vwdiesel] Glow plugs

James Hansen jhsg at sk.sympatico.ca
Wed Mar 20 00:49:47 EST 2002


> If Volkswagen ever listened to their owner base, many of these things might
> have been incorporated into the cars. On the other hand, there's the
> conspiracy theory that Volks guarantees lots of service income to it's
> dealers. (one finger salute here) :-)
Hell yeah.  Why else delete one rh motor mount, and place the remaining one 
centrally.  It is pure coincidence I suppose that this not only reduces the 
assembly cost, but also more than doubles the labor cost of a timing belt 
replacement.  Both sides of the equation win (shop and factory) with the owner 
getting squeezed harder for the additional labor to remove the motor mount when 
the timing belt needs replacement, at a more frequent interval I may add as 
well...  Evil, pure evil  :-)
-James




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