WildChild80
Veteran Member
- Joined
- May 30, 2016
- Location
- Nashville, AR
- TDI
- 2001 Jetta TDI 2000 Jetta TDI 2000 New Beetle TDI ALL 5 speeds
The old saying goes "not my monkey not my circus"You are making a big assumption with one data point for evidence. Good luck getting that pump to come out the next time it needs to be replaced; it's already hard enough without having to deal with RTV.
It's more plausible it was something else, anything but some factory chinese factor. Bearing failures have been noted here and so have impellers detaching from the shaft.
That's his problem if he glues his water pump in...but I couldn't agree more with the struggle to get it out while it's hanging from a bar or balanced on a jack and beside the frame rail to boot...I would source a bulletproof seal before I glued it in if I suspected seal failure exclusively and not something like luck of the draw bad o-ring or improper mounting/installation.
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