WillR
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- Honey Brook, PA
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99.5 Jetta IV
138,000 miles.
Manual Trans
Within the last 5K miles the following was done.
New Kumo tires. New Bilestin struts. new lower control arms and ball joints.
new springs front (sits level now).
Some kind of New HD radio with input for ipod (radio fits nice).
Just completed Oil, filter, Air filter, Fuel filter.
around 10K miles ago I put a new turbo vacuum actuator on it.
AC works good.
No rust, but has a couple chips and small dents (rock from mower?)
Blue with black interior. Manual window cranks (no electric to go bad)
Might burn 1 Qt of oil every oil change.
Supposedly when I bought it the dealer (Lancaster diesel VW dealer) put new timing belt, cleaned intake, new water pump at 118,000 miles.
I paid $6K 4 years ago because of the reputation of dealer and I knew the car had been gone over mechanically.
Problems:
Glove box Hinge broken on RS, but still works and stays closed.
Remote trunk release does not work.
After I changed to oil today I drove up the street. Stopped at sign, made a RT, shifted into 2nd gear (low RPM) and it quit.
Towed it home, timing belt broke. I pushed it out of garage and have not checked it out any further.
I don't have the money to throw at it now. How much should I ask?
SE PA.
(And I thought I was going to have the afternoon off; The Wife and I were going to go test drive a 2012 Passat.)
99.5 Jetta IV
138,000 miles.
Manual Trans
Within the last 5K miles the following was done.
New Kumo tires. New Bilestin struts. new lower control arms and ball joints.
new springs front (sits level now).
Some kind of New HD radio with input for ipod (radio fits nice).
Just completed Oil, filter, Air filter, Fuel filter.
around 10K miles ago I put a new turbo vacuum actuator on it.
AC works good.
No rust, but has a couple chips and small dents (rock from mower?)
Blue with black interior. Manual window cranks (no electric to go bad)
Might burn 1 Qt of oil every oil change.
Supposedly when I bought it the dealer (Lancaster diesel VW dealer) put new timing belt, cleaned intake, new water pump at 118,000 miles.
I paid $6K 4 years ago because of the reputation of dealer and I knew the car had been gone over mechanically.
Problems:
Glove box Hinge broken on RS, but still works and stays closed.
Remote trunk release does not work.
After I changed to oil today I drove up the street. Stopped at sign, made a RT, shifted into 2nd gear (low RPM) and it quit.
Towed it home, timing belt broke. I pushed it out of garage and have not checked it out any further.
I don't have the money to throw at it now. How much should I ask?
SE PA.
(And I thought I was going to have the afternoon off; The Wife and I were going to go test drive a 2012 Passat.)
Edit: also New rear calipers, pads, hardware and rotors within 10K miles. Front measure almost new.
Just had 4 wheel spin balance Friday afternoon.
No kidding.......a broken timing belt can cause some serious internal damage. Let me know if you come up with a price. ED ekreibick@verizon.net
It'll be interesting to see what it ends up at after the dust settles.No kidding....
I will make a ridiculous lowball offer of 1000
Sounds like a worthy project
Another dealer timing belt job bites the dust.99.5 Jetta IV
138,000 miles. ... Supposedly when I bought it the dealer (Lancaster diesel VW dealer) put new timing belt, cleaned intake, new water pump at 118,000 miles.
I paid $6K 4 years ago because of the reputation of dealer and I knew the car had been gone over mechanically.