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Subject:re: EV woes (coolant tube replacement)
Date:Fri, 1 Mar 1996 07:04:37 +0000

At 8:57 AM 2/29/96, barwise@tuxedo.enet.dec.com wrote:
> Don't get me wrong - I love the EV.  BUT, the thought of having another repair
> come up like the one just fixed really scares me.  To replace the leaking
> plastic coolant pipes running to the aux. heater (problem previously
> posted) cost me $375 even with VW paying 50%.  That's a $750 bill for what
> should be a do-it-yourself job on my other VWs.  In order to replace the
> $185 part, they had to remove the gas tank, transmission, and some left-side
> suspension pieces.  I suppose I could have eventually fixed it given a
> garage, all the right tools and a week's vacation.
...
> rob

I haven't had this problem, ...yet.  Hope I don't.

Got the EV back from the dealer yesterday.  They put in the new fuel pump
and didn't charge me anything, because it'd been less than a year since the
last one they put in.  We'll see...

-Tim Parker
93 EV GL
60 Singlecab
29 Model A Ford

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