And what was the eventual fix?
Al Brase
91 Vanagon GL, and others

Dave Vickery wrote:

> I had a good experience with McDonald VW in my town of Littleton,
> Colorado.
>
> I asked them to troubleshoot a cold idle problem on a 90 Westy that
> several
> list suggestions didn't help, and a couple previous mechanics couldn't
> figure out.  I went there thinking they would be able to do some
> diagnostics
> using VW specific equipment that maybe only a dealer would have.  They
> actually couldn't figure it out but they stuck by their quote of $175 to
> diagnose the problem.  After a couple days, they called a retired tech
> in to
> have a look.  A couple days later they gave up and my cost was still only
> cost $175.  They probably had at least 15 hours in it.  I thought that
> was
> pretty good.  Prior mechanics just convinced me to throw parts at it.
>
> Epilogue:  Eventually I did just throw parts at it, but they were used
> parts
> that I put in myself.
>
>
>> From: John Reddick <SVYOLO@YAHOO.COM>
>> Reply-To: John Reddick <SVYOLO@YAHOO.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: VW/AUDI Dealer Reviews
>> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:22:36 -0500
>>
>> Horrific. all of them.  Maybe somebody here knows a good one so
>> please let
>> the list know.  If VW didn't build cars people really wanted, the
>> stealership network here in the US would scare them off.
>
>