Service time....
 

ok, I'm at about 89K on my audi....bought it at 83, and I am gonna have the timing belt done this upcoming week....should i do the water pump too, i hear alot of people say they did them together....i have no clue as to the previous service records of the car.....what do you all recommend? TIA

Yeah...do it.
 

You're already paying someone to pull everything apart to get in there...may as well do the water pump as well.

Wow...that's a lot o miles for a 2001!

seriously! i thought 60k was a lot on my 2001. what's skabaru up to now?

ALWAYS do the pump when doing the timing belt.

yep

Yeah, makes sense..........
 

I know it is up there on the miles, but thats the only reason i can afford this car as a starving grad student...

try telling that to the guys @ Bellavia Audi....f-ing morons!! >=(

this may help your decision
 

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/39785/h20-pump.jpg"></center><p>this is my '99.5 pump after 64k

Rui..did u do your T-belt recently? ;-)

If digital is up for it, we can make a monster garage session out of your car...
 

I'd like to see what's involved...as would silver streakin I'm sure (he's getting close to TB time). The tech article on the 2.8 makes it sound pretty straightforward...but it always helps to have somebody around that's been through it already. Makes things go much smoother.