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14th November 2011, 03:28 PM
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I would leave things till you're ready to do the belt and tensioner / rollers. The good thing is the thermostat is sticking open intermittently - not closed. So the inconvenience is more a car that's lukewarm through the cold winter months, and possibly a bit thirstier due to non-optimum operating temperature.
Unless you're likely to rack up 15,000 miles before the weather gets warmer, I'd leave well alone. My take on things.
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15th November 2011, 10:36 AM
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One of my friends has the same issue on his 2.5Tdi.
It's been like this for probably a year now. It happened about 6 months after the belt change so he decided to wait until the next one instead of replacing. Apart from facing another winter of driving with a jacket on, he said the car has been fine. It's got high miles (235k) so owes him nothing. Fuel economy hasn't suffered much. He still gets about 600 miles to the tank and going slightly off topic, he noticed if he leaves his roof bars on (proper Audi ones) he gets 500 miles to the tank!
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15th November 2011, 11:16 AM
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15th November 2011, 11:22 AM
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