What happens when the water pump seizes on an I5 ...

[shawn]

I used the toolkit rented from Blaufergnugen.  It came with a lever that had
a blade which fit in the keyway of the crank.  You jammed it under the lip
of the seal and levered it off the end of the crank.  I believe it was a VAG
tool.  To put seal on there was a two-piece plastic sleeve and cup.  The
sleeve went over the crank, next the new, oiled seal, and finally the cup.
You use the crank bolt to push the cup against the seal over the sleeve.
When seated, the sleeve would come out fitted inside the cup.

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Subject: Re: What happens when the water pump seizes on an I5 ...



> If it's the seal - good luck.  You will need extreme patience to get it
> out with standard picks.  Audi have a service tool that is essentially
> a number of pick points arranged in a circle - you put it on the seal
> and drive it round to engage all the points, then pull it off.  Don't
> try and borrow one from Reg Vardy's in Leicester - they haven't got one
> themselves.
>
> Otherwise - oil pump has to come off.  New sump and oil pump gaskets,
> new tab washer and gasket for the oil pickup.  Drop the front of
> the front subframe, take off the bracket between the engine and the
> bell housing, drop the (empty!) sump, remove the tab washer from the
> front of the oil pickup pipe, take out the bolts, then go up the
> front and take out the oil pump bolts.  Once the oil pump is on the
> bench, the crank seal can be tapped out from behind with good drifts.
>
> Make sure you align the oil pump and the crank X-drive when replacing
> the oil pump.
>
> Total about four hours first time out, dropping to just over two with
> practice.

1. the seal can be removed with a sheetrock screw and replaced with a
piece of PVC pipe (yow)

or

2. the tool I've seen here in the US actually screws into the seal and
then pulls it out, there is a tool consisting of a pair of pieces of
delrin for reinstalling.

--
Huw Powell

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