whitedog
Veteran Member
My BEW Jetta is at 150,000 miles and is due for another timing belt since I changed the first one at 70,000 with the cam. Recently I did a timing belt for a guy and when he got to the shop, the temperature wasn't even halfway to straight up. I queried him on where he lives and it should have been full hot. I changed his thermostat with the belt and it was full warm I. Just a few miles.
So I got to thinking about my car and how fuel economy was poor so I checked my temperature after driving for awhile and it was only reaching 175 degrees Fahrenheit. This tells me that, like a water pump, a thermostat isn't good for two timing belt changes and should probably be changed with the timing belt.
Remember that even though the temperature gauge is straight up that doesn't mean it has reached 190 degrees.
I am hoping that this will bring my fuel economy up from 38 to 40 MPG.
By the way I love telling people that it sucks only getting 38 MPG.
So I got to thinking about my car and how fuel economy was poor so I checked my temperature after driving for awhile and it was only reaching 175 degrees Fahrenheit. This tells me that, like a water pump, a thermostat isn't good for two timing belt changes and should probably be changed with the timing belt.
Remember that even though the temperature gauge is straight up that doesn't mean it has reached 190 degrees.
I am hoping that this will bring my fuel economy up from 38 to 40 MPG.
By the way I love telling people that it sucks only getting 38 MPG.