**HOW LONG TO FIT A WATER PUMP PLZ**

[golf gti 16valve]

hi ppl i was jus wondering if u could say on average how long it would take to fit a new water pump on myy 88 golf 16v?? and wot damage would it do if i drove it for a while, as its still making a noise as the bearings av gone

[Daz...]

if its anything like mine then it'l take an age...one of the bolts has been rounded off in the past and i can't get the thing off!! if it wasn't rounded off it wouldn't take long tho...depends if you got power steering or not..without it would be a piece of p!ss...prob an hour...counting tidying up afterwards 

[Sugar79]

i would say about 2hours.. and nooooooooo dont drive it if its overheating  

[golf gti 16valve]

lol nasty, no it doesnt have power steering luckily lol!! is it quite straight foward??

[golf gti 16valve]

its not over heating just noisey, should this be ok??

[Agreeable Slick]

I wouldn't drive it, if the bearings are on the way out it is always going to risk blowing at the completely wrong moment and screwing your engine up.

Replacing a water pump should be fairly straight forward, just drain the system, remove the 3 bolts (i think) that hold it in then slot it out from under the car. Again just reverse to get it back in. Although i would personally allow myself about 3 hours to do it in, just so i was sure that it was all correct and i didn't feel like i needed to rush.

[Daz...]

definatly don't drive it if it's noisy, sure to let go when your stuck in traffic 

Replacing a water pump should be fairly straight forward, just drain the system, remove the 3 bolts (i think) that hold it in then slot it out from under the car. Again just reverse to get it back in.

you will also have to swap the pully over and the bottom hose connector...think that holds a thermostat 

[golf gti 16valve]

ok nice one peeps, do i have to remove the cambelt though or not??? im going to attempt it tonight!!

[Daz...]

Nooooo!!

It runs off the fan belt / drive belt whatever you want to call it... 

[Agreeable Slick]

you will need to TDC it though, just as a precaution.