Thermostats, check engine lights, and double-jointed elves
Elves are apparently what you need in order to change the thermostat on a 2003 Jetta’s 1.8T engine. Double-jointed elves that are heavily into yoga. I’ve been getting a P2181 check engine light on the Jetta for a little while now and had already replaced the oft-failed temperature sensor – and had been enjoying less-than-stellar heat this past ski season. So a thermostat replacement seemed in order?
I just finished tackling this job, which should be simple in theory – until you realize that apparently the VW engineers back in the early 2000′s thought that it’d be perfectly acceptable to make you remove 50% of the accessories hanging off the front of your engine in order to replace a $15 part. Huge thanks to this post over at AudiWorld for the procedure…
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