Re: Water Pumps

[David Boyd <john@dboyd.demon.co.uk>]

Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 00:00:13 GMT
From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
Subject: I5 water pump failure - when?
I've had two water pumps fail - one on the late lamented Coupe GT, and one
on
the ur-quattro.
Thing is - I can't really be sure of the provenance of each.
So - a question for those of you who've installed a new original Audi
waterpump
and subsequently had a failure - not many, I suspect.
Exactly how many miles did your waterpump last?
- --
Phil Payne
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
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Phil,

FWIW, our Audi 100 2.0 Avant had a noisy waterpump just after purchase, and
was replaced at 50something thousand miles by local VAG dealer under the
Audi extended warranty which came with the car (fortuitous failure - cambelt
etc. replaced 'while they were at it' at little extra cost to me.)

The replacement (genuine Audi, one hopes and assumes) is (touch wood) still
OK, the car having done another c. 45,000 miles.

BTW, I also got the driver's Procon 10 seatbelt replaced under the same
warranty because it was jamming occasionally. The mechanics said it took
them most of a day to do. Subsequently, Fate was not so kind - our young dog
decided to use same belt webbing as a bone substitute, and diy replacement
of Procon 10 seatbelts took on urgent significance, as damaged belt webbing
is instant failure in annual mandatory UK vehicle tests. The belt inertia
reel assembly, etc. is integral with the Procon 10 cables, and all have to
be replaced back to their mountings on the gearbox etc., dismantling most of
the interior in the process. It wasn't worth it, especially as couldn't
guarantee that dog wouldn't come back for a second helping, so I just cut
the cables and replaced this belt with a conventional inertia reel - a 20
minute job.

So those with Procon 10 seatbelts, Beware !! - Procon 10 seems a good safety
feature, but a nightmare to work upon, - and I would think very costly
*indeed* to completely replace if the system gets activated in a minor
collision.

Regards

David

Cumbria, UK