[s-cars] Replace Waterpump without doing timing belt procedure again?

[Dan Bozga]

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The tension in the timing belt is adjusted by the timing belt tensioner, not by the waterpump like the older Audi I 5's.




Linus Toy <linust at mindspring.com> wrote:Replacing the O-ring seal means doing all you just did to replace the timing
belt...while you're in there, replace the water pump w/ a new German one too.

General rule of thumb for Audi I5 engines, is to replace the water pump (and
its O-ring) when replacing the timing belt. Given the effort to get at it, for
$45 or so in parts, it's cheap insurance against O-ring or shaft seal/bearing
failure...especially since to adjust timing-belt tension, the pump must be
moved, breaking its O-ring seal against the block.



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Linus Toy Insanity is doing the same thing
Mercer Island, WA you've always done and expecting
linust at mindspring.com different results
- Roger Milliken, Milliken & Co
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> Paul.Park at colorado.edu
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:15 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Replace Waterpump without doing timing belt
> procedure again?
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Last week or so I replaced the timing belt for my car. I
> think I did everything
>
> correctly, except I forgot to put sealant paste on the water
> pump. It's leaking
>
> a fairly rapid pace.
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to replace the seal on the
> water pump without having to go through the procedure of
> replacing the t-belt? It's so time consuming!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
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