I know it's been a minute since this video but replacing my waterpump now and was looking to find out which of the coolant hoses needs a gasket. I vaguely remember someone saying to put a gasket inside the radiator to water pump hose.
Hey Neil, yeah like Mark Thayne mentioned there is an aluminum pump assembly by a company called Graffi (or some similar name). *Main question*: Have you seen these/ any experience with them? If so would you recommend the aluminum over the plastic housing? Thanks for the video, also!
I put in the aluminum pump assembly a few months back.. I thought it came w the hardware but it didn't. Instead of waiting for the stealership to open I reused the old bolts and broke one off in the block.. I changed mine without removing the intake manifold, I just took off the throttle body and did a ton of blind work. When the gasket goes I'll extract the bolt out, but it's been a few months and no leaks.. I should've taken off the intake manifold and cleaned the valves and injectors while I was doing it. Looks like there is soooo much room for activities with all of that off the front side 🙄🤛
HeD_sh0tz__ Yeah, you can get to a lot with that manifold off. And honestly, it’s a pretty quick job to pull it off after doing it once before. Eek, yeah those bolts don’t need much tightening. I think those one are like 9 Nm if I remember correctly. Yeah, hopefully no leaks for a long time.
@@carwerks101 takes 5 minutes remove the 12mm bolt and washer on the balance shaft instead of messing around for 15 minutes trying to work the belt on the water pump gear ! LOL and some people will damage the belt using a pick ,screw driver, etc... prying up on the new belt or having someone crank the crank shaft wjile you try to work the belt on.
To pu the belt on the pump without stressing it: it's easy enough to bolt off the driving pulley, the small one below.....Hold the crank with the 24 mm and turn the pulley bolt CLOCKWISE to loosen, hth.
hopefully you see this soon but i have a 2017 1.4lt mk6 jetta s m/t & in the service manual it says for getting the belt back on have you get this gage, pull the spark plug, & use it the set cylinder 1 to tdc but every vid i find doesn't have anything on that they just crank it over like you did, you know anything on that? any advice or just follow the videos haha
I have never done one but looking at the repair manual it seems like it may be for just fitting it, must make it easier to assemble, they say the same thing for the high pressure pump but it doesnt matter
Correct. A dealership caveman tech stripped my waterpump bolt threads in the block and caused me a lot of extra work doing the job again with HeliCoil to repair the damages. PITA.
I would have put the aftermarket, all aluminum water pump from ECS Tuning on it (lifetime). Did that with my son's Jetta GLI. VW should park this plastic piece of shit units. One small oil leak on it, and the plastic cracks. Aluminum cheaper than OEM by couple bucks as well
@@ernestoruesta9446 absolutely, but first check dealer for recall or extended warranty. There was a class action settlement that just got awarded in May, I'm still waiting on my money. I did myself so i could do the aluminum one, but dealer may cover under extended warranty of your year and model are part of it
@@mronemanband1 VW got sued for these pumps sometimes not lasting even 45k miles and they redesigned the pumps in 2016. The redesigned, still plastic, pumps should now last about 100k miles. For what it's worth, aluminum pumps can go 150k or more.
Quick and easy! Thanks for this, broski
I know it's been a minute since this video but replacing my waterpump now and was looking to find out which of the coolant hoses needs a gasket. I vaguely remember someone saying to put a gasket inside the radiator to water pump hose.
Hey Neil, yeah like Mark Thayne mentioned there is an aluminum pump assembly by a company called Graffi (or some similar name). *Main question*: Have you seen these/ any experience with them? If so would you recommend the aluminum over the plastic housing? Thanks for the video, also!
Joshua M I have installed them before, but this customer just went with oe
I put in the aluminum pump assembly a few months back.. I thought it came w the hardware but it didn't. Instead of waiting for the stealership to open I reused the old bolts and broke one off in the block.. I changed mine without removing the intake manifold, I just took off the throttle body and did a ton of blind work. When the gasket goes I'll extract the bolt out, but it's been a few months and no leaks.. I should've taken off the intake manifold and cleaned the valves and injectors while I was doing it. Looks like there is soooo much room for activities with all of that off the front side 🙄🤛
HeD_sh0tz__ Yeah, you can get to a lot with that manifold off. And honestly, it’s a pretty quick job to pull it off after doing it once before. Eek, yeah those bolts don’t need much tightening. I think those one are like 9 Nm if I remember correctly. Yeah, hopefully no leaks for a long time.
Where is shop located? I live in Bakersfield California..
Hi there I'm no mechanic but is there no longer a water pump located next to the timing belt on these cars I have a 1.2 86bhp 2016 golf mk 7.
Must be on another country, all videos I do are based on US spec
@@carwerks101 Ok thanks and yeah I'm in the UK.
can you tell me pls the o-ring part name @ 2:08 ? Thanks!
You pull the bottom bolt off of the balance shaft and the cover go counter clock wise and remove so the belt slpis right on
Nah too much work
@@carwerks101 takes 5 minutes remove the 12mm bolt and washer on the balance shaft instead of messing around for 15 minutes trying to work the belt on the water pump gear ! LOL and some people will damage the belt using a pick ,screw driver, etc... prying up on the new belt or having someone crank the crank shaft wjile you try to work the belt on.
To pu the belt on the pump without stressing it: it's easy enough to bolt off the driving pulley, the small one below.....Hold the crank with the 24 mm and turn the pulley bolt CLOCKWISE to loosen, hth.
I have a p1927 code that says auxiliary water pump relay. Do you know which relay controls the auxiliary water pump ?
hopefully you see this soon but i have a 2017 1.4lt mk6 jetta s m/t & in the service manual it says for getting the belt back on have you get this gage, pull the spark plug, & use it the set cylinder 1 to tdc but every vid i find doesn't have anything on that they just crank it over like you did, you know anything on that? any advice or just follow the videos haha
I have never done one but looking at the repair manual it seems like it may be for just fitting it, must make it easier to assemble, they say the same thing for the high pressure pump but it doesnt matter
What happens if the fins are still slightly bent once it's put back together
Nothing
If water pump lick is it wise to replace the whole water pump of just the seal or o ring
The whole thing
Didnt clean the gasket block face off & didnt tork the pump bolts
Not a torque wrench in sight. Asking for a whole world of pain tightening bolts with an impact gun.
I am a human torque wrench
Correct. A dealership caveman tech stripped my waterpump bolt threads in the block and caused me a lot of extra work doing the job again with HeliCoil to repair the damages. PITA.
I would have put the aftermarket, all aluminum water pump from ECS Tuning on it (lifetime). Did that with my son's Jetta GLI. VW should park this plastic piece of shit units. One small oil leak on it, and the plastic cracks. Aluminum cheaper than OEM by couple bucks as well
I was going to ask that, if the Aluminum or metal are better, I have a small leak on my plastic pump with 100k miles
@@ernestoruesta9446 absolutely, but first check dealer for recall or extended warranty. There was a class action settlement that just got awarded in May, I'm still waiting on my money. I did myself so i could do the aluminum one, but dealer may cover under extended warranty of your year and model are part of it
I've put 2 OEM plastic pumps on my vw cc. All aluminum from ECS $285 shipped with all hardware this time.
I'm with you on that. Way too much plastic in engine bays these days!
@@mronemanband1 VW got sued for these pumps sometimes not lasting even 45k miles and they redesigned the pumps in 2016. The redesigned, still plastic, pumps should now last about 100k miles. For what it's worth, aluminum pumps can go 150k or more.
Didnt clean the block face off & didnt tork the pump bolts to 9nm
Neat