Water Pump Replacement

[golf4dj]

Originally Posted by lt2mc

Just replaced mine yesterday, 3.0 adaptive drive (short plastic impeller housing). Not a bad job~4hrs, just messy without a rad drain plug. Pulled the fan assembly, belly pan, plastic pan, R wheel, and wheel well. Advice, replace the tstat, pump to block, pump to stat, and lower rad hoses while in the neighborhood. Also buy a pump with a good warranty, just in case. The labor is not so bad, 6 bills for a pump is though. Small detail, clock all your clamps so you can access them later from easier directions.

For those that have recently replaced the pump - there is a short hose that comes off the water pump and connects to a rigid pipe that leads to the engine block. Could you remove the pump by simply disconnecting the short hose without having to remove the rigid pipe?

One of the how to videos that I found online removed the rigid pipe while another video did not seem to remove it but did not specifically talk about the short hose and rigid pipe.

Edit: I ended up removing the rigid pipe - was pretty straight forward to remove and reinstall so I did not attempt to remove the pump until after I removed this hose/pipe.