Water pump suggestions

Phil Payne quattro at isham-research.com
Wed Nov 21 14:06:58 EST 2001


> Checked with my VW mechanic about parts, he uses only European parts:  For
> water pumps, use Hepu or Febi, he's had bad experiences with Graf on 4 cyl
> engines; SKF or Febi for tensioners; Conti for belts and Elring crank/cam
> seals.  He was emphatic on ALWAYS replacing the tensioner, too many failed
> engines because of bad tensioners.

I partly agree - I've seen too many failures for this.

I believe the tensioner can usually be reused the FIRST time the belt is changed at 60k miles.

Thereafter I _ALWAYS_ change it - even if I have credible evidence that it was changed last time.

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