d2305
Veteran Member
I have found that one has to be a mechanic to own one of these oil burners or have a big wallet. It has to be the alt pulley, a/c compressor pulley, tensioner pulley, or harmonic balancer.
Or just drive enough miles that the fuel economy savings offsets the maintenance cost.I have found that one has to be a mechanic to own one of these oil burners or have a big wallet.
That's my plan for getting past all the money I spent on this Passat. Once I am "even", I may part company with it and go back to the Dark Side,Or just drive enough miles that the fuel economy savings offsets the maintenance cost.
Yeah, I know that....... I drive about 36,000+ miles per year and 75% of that is reimbursed by my clients @ $0.585/mile. I just need another $5K or so to be "even" from a purchase price and cash spent on it to date. The Passat is my primary work vehicle as it sees a lot of oilfield and other similar client trips. I wish it was a diesel truck though..Remember, it's miles/year....
I think you mean acceptable.Sorry to hear about your problem. 400 miles failure isn't appectable at all and getting the work at a professional shop. I hope everything works out for you.
Thanks for the input; I tried contacting him, but they were closed.
He did replace the serpentine belt, well, he was supposed to at least...
The belt was shredded, so I guess that sounds like the alt pully, but I was under the impression that this part was meant to last upwards of 200k miles...
Outside of getting absolute **** service with this guy during the timing belt change, I'm worried some sort of incompetence is at play in this scenario hence, my need for advice. If someone can say one way or the other that alt pulley's go at the drop of a dime irregardless of miles, than I'll do the work in getting a new one in...but if it sounds too coincidental then I may need to call a lawyer.
The other hiccup is he's the only guru in a 150 mile radius from me...I'm pretty confident he's not going to pay a tow truck and I'm sure as hell, not going to spend another day driving it there...
Wrong. You do realize the tension that belt is under is quite a lot. It'll drag for a while put will quickly overheat and come apart.Even if the pulley freezes up it should not shred the belt. If it slips it should not shred the belt. If it comes apart it could shred the belt. Something was not done correctly or he should have seen the problem when he had the car apart. 400 miles, there was a problem when it left his shop. Hope this helps. Thanks Steve
never heard of them. their site has some b.s. on it. the "trusted mechanics list" fails again....
Okay, so the shop I went to was Good Guys Biodiesel in Santa Cruz. I checked this board (even made a thread asking peoples' opinion about these guys) and the few replies I got were generally pretty positive;
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