Someone at work asked if I was having the waterpump changed when having timing belt done, in the past on an old VW Golf I did, but do I need to on this van ? Of course I have no idea of the age of waterpump, I have no heating/leak issues.
where is the water pump ? Is it near the timing belt ? or about a million miles away !
and if I did change the aux belts which one ? (not the power steering) as there seem to be to different lengths for the water pump one ! 10x915 or 10x650
strange reply...................you can have opinion but I cant??..............its a service item that's changed when you change timing belts you may not like it but its what I do and that's the advice I give. where would I stop? miles away from your toolbox.
mark
Oldiebut goodie wrote:A waterpump? Why not change the windscreen washer pump, oil pump and fuel pump also? Where would you stop?
It is not as though you have to remove the timing belt to do the waterpump and a pump failure is a gradual thing that will give symptoms that would allow changing before catastrophic failure.
Oldiebut goodie wrote:It is not as though you have to remove the timing belt to do the waterpump and a pump failure is a gradual thing that will give symptoms that would allow changing before catastrophic failure.
Must admit I don't get the point of changing it unless it's faulty. On a car it's worthwhile as its easily accessible and for a few quid potentially saves a fortune in repeated labour charges. In this case it doesn't so why bother.
