[Vwdiesel] water pump

[Val Christian]

I've changed quite a few water pumps on NA diesels.  Without AC it's
pretty easy.  With AC it's OK, just allot of wrench slinging to get
the AC bracket off.  I never did it taking the IP off, and even when 
changing the belts.

On quite a few cars I've been able to get the pump off without 
pulling the pump housing.  As I recall, it's a matter of having the
right 10mm wrenches and flex sockets.  Seems to me that worked
on most of the NAs that I've worked on.  

On the VW diesel, the water pump is a real pain, and it's in a real
pain location.  But there are trades.  On most of the VW IDI diesels,
the altenator is easy to get to.  (Bets are off on the camper/vans.)

Val "still fixing broke things"




> 
> I changed 2 pumps in my 85 and 86 1.6na. a real pain. One time I removed th=
> e
> injector pump, ok if you need a belt anyway maybe. Second time I got some S
> shaped wrenches and wrestled the AC bracket off and got it changed. A half =
> a
> day either way.
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