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

[Linus Toy]

Good catch...forgot which list I was on!

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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 Dan Bozga
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:11 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Replace Waterpump without doing timing
> belt procedure again?
>
>
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> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> The tension in the timing belt is adjusted by the timing belt
> tensioner, not by the waterpump like the older Audi I 5's.
>
>
>
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> 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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