kathie659
Veteran Member
Was losing power on hills - 1st mechanic said it wasn't worth fixing, but wouldn't tell me what the problem was. (But he'd buy the car from me for $750).
Second mechanic:
1. Timing off the gauge.
2. Found "oil" on timing belt - caused stretching - threw off timing
3. Believes its the injector pump (but called to see if i wanted to proceed)
4. He indicated if the pump is bad (and he can find a reliable used one) repair could be $1,500 (he'd be changing timing belt and water pump too).
I think this is a decent price - and he did give me worse case scenario (said its unusual - he's only seen 3 pumps go completely in 25 years of service)
It's a 17 yr old vehicle - I've maintained it pretty well and it only has 145K miles. I'm thinking this - I get 50 miles to the gallon... I will soon be driving 60 miles a day....If he can fix everything for $2,000? that's much less then buying another car (and I can't get another diesel jetta)...
Just wondering what others would do in this instance......
Second mechanic:
1. Timing off the gauge.
2. Found "oil" on timing belt - caused stretching - threw off timing
3. Believes its the injector pump (but called to see if i wanted to proceed)
4. He indicated if the pump is bad (and he can find a reliable used one) repair could be $1,500 (he'd be changing timing belt and water pump too).
I think this is a decent price - and he did give me worse case scenario (said its unusual - he's only seen 3 pumps go completely in 25 years of service)
It's a 17 yr old vehicle - I've maintained it pretty well and it only has 145K miles. I'm thinking this - I get 50 miles to the gallon... I will soon be driving 60 miles a day....If he can fix everything for $2,000? that's much less then buying another car (and I can't get another diesel jetta)...
Just wondering what others would do in this instance......