I guess if you're keeping score, you have to add the 271,000 miles I had on my 96 A4 also....

 

have you done the third timing belt yet? sorry, hijacked thread.

 

Not yet. Did my 2nd at 145,000. So I have that sometime soon, and I'm also still on my first clutch!!

 

yep. it was the cap.

 

sorry to hijack this thread, but I had this issue and fixed the problem, now I have a coolant leak coming from the shorter of the two hoses below, it has a rubber blank over it. please can you tell me what this is called.