#1: GTI Coolant pipe Author: manicmechanic, Location: Stoke on TrentPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:47 pm ---- Has anyone changed the steel coolant pipe that runs along the back of the engine on the GTI? People have been giving me scare stories as to how difficult it is, and mine has split
#2: Re: GTI Coolant pipe Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:52 pm ---- You just need to remove the thermostat housing (and the battery and its box) and then pop the pipe out of the back of the water pump. It's a tight fit but be careful not to twist it so make sure the pipe is pulled out straight of both pump housing and thermostat housing.
Don't forget to buy three new rubber O ring seals.
#3: Re: GTI Coolant pipe Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:02 pm ---- Ed, thats an interesting pipe that my 99 GTi doesnt have! lol.
#4: Re: GTI Coolant pipe Author: manicmechanic, Location: Stoke on TrentPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:32 pm ---- Is that from a GTI Ed?
Yeah it runs along the block under the exhaust manifold, Between the water pump housing and the thermostat housing.
#6: Re: GTI Coolant pipe Author: benbmx08, Location: newquayPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:53 pm ---- yeah i did this on mine a few months back, its ok there are not bad to do, just took the battery out and un bolted it with a quarter drive ratchet. slides out really easy. would take about an hour or so.
#8: Re: GTI Coolant pipe Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:09 pm ----
Mr_Cellexe wrote:
Ed, thats an interesting pipe that my 99 GTi doesnt have! lol.
I bet it does!
#9: Re: GTI Coolant pipe Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:50 pm ---- i've just been out and looked, it has a hardpipe between the pump and flexihose but its not metal like that, more like a hard ABS type affair.
weird. only reason i didnt recognise it is because i havent even bothered with the lump as yet! lol
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