fellow listees:  as both of my vw's are still under warranty (!) i
have had a lot of recent contact w/ the local dealer.  syncro went in
running very rough when the ambient temp dropped below 50.  motor temp
did not effect this at all.  was also losing about 1/4 inch of coolant
per week.  told the dealer that the rear heater smelled.  dealer
replaced the coil which corrected the rough running,  and said that a
bypass hose was the source of the leak.  well,  the heater still
smelled bad and they put a dent in the back bumper.  brought it back
and they are now replacing the rear heater core and will "look at "
the back bumper damage.  they were perfectly polite and even nice
throughout but i still had to diagnose it myself and bring it back
twice to get it fixed.  next installment will be the saga of the ev
a/t warranty replacement.

cheers
jim catterson
91 syncro
93 ev gl                  ny

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