Hi Everyone,
I have a MKV R32 that has been serviced at Volkswagen all it's life.
It's done 73,000kms.
It's now just finished it's additional 3 year extended warranty so I'll be doing even more maintenance myself.
I had a look at the service manual and tried to find what Volkswagen has done to date for coolant, water pump and/or thermostat changes.
To my dismay, I couldn't find anything apart from Volkswagen "checking" the coolant.
A few questions:
1) I would have thought the big 60,000km service would have required changing of the coolant?
2) I've checked the coolant quality via my Castrol sticks and it's 'ok' for the time being.....maybe close to needing a change.
3) How often should I change the coolant and thermostat? My Suby Forester recommends every 2 years or 50,000kms for both?
4) When should I change the water pump?
Thanks heaps in advance.
I have a MKV R32 that has been serviced at Volkswagen all it's life.
It's done 73,000kms.
It's now just finished it's additional 3 year extended warranty so I'll be doing even more maintenance myself.
I had a look at the service manual and tried to find what Volkswagen has done to date for coolant, water pump and/or thermostat changes.
To my dismay, I couldn't find anything apart from Volkswagen "checking" the coolant.
A few questions:
1) I would have thought the big 60,000km service would have required changing of the coolant?
2) I've checked the coolant quality via my Castrol sticks and it's 'ok' for the time being.....maybe close to needing a change.
3) How often should I change the coolant and thermostat? My Suby Forester recommends every 2 years or 50,000kms for both?
4) When should I change the water pump?
Thanks heaps in advance.
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