KrashDH
Top Post Dawg
Hey all,
So this weekend I tackled the notorious leaky connection at hard pipe and block behind the water pump.
I can honestly say, just like the majority that have done this...it's a royal PITA!
I followed this thread which really helped out a lot.
Note that I didn't remove the pipe completely as I don't have corrosion on it:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=3604915&postcount=8
Here's a couple of photos from the job:
The area that you're trying to get too:
Mine came out with a little persuasion, but it wasn't bad since there wasn't rust. Just some twisting and pulling:
Here's the end that gets stuffed into the block. I took a stainless steel brush to that end as well as the interface at the block to clean it up:
Think the o-ring is bad??
Anyway, it wasn't a bad job. Really the biggest issues I fought were the connectors.
I suppose draining the coolant and taking off the lines made kind of a mess, but I've made worse messes. This is my 3rd fully coolant drain and fill this summer. It's not supposed to be like that, but when it rains, it pours... (Replaced T-stat and housing due to a leak, waterpump then started leaking so it warranted a timing belt change, then this project).
So this weekend I tackled the notorious leaky connection at hard pipe and block behind the water pump.
I can honestly say, just like the majority that have done this...it's a royal PITA!
I followed this thread which really helped out a lot.
Note that I didn't remove the pipe completely as I don't have corrosion on it:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=3604915&postcount=8
Here's a couple of photos from the job:
The area that you're trying to get too:
Mine came out with a little persuasion, but it wasn't bad since there wasn't rust. Just some twisting and pulling:
Here's the end that gets stuffed into the block. I took a stainless steel brush to that end as well as the interface at the block to clean it up:
Think the o-ring is bad??
Anyway, it wasn't a bad job. Really the biggest issues I fought were the connectors.
I suppose draining the coolant and taking off the lines made kind of a mess, but I've made worse messes. This is my 3rd fully coolant drain and fill this summer. It's not supposed to be like that, but when it rains, it pours... (Replaced T-stat and housing due to a leak, waterpump then started leaking so it warranted a timing belt change, then this project).
