Ok so how easy is it to change? How long is the job? I am approaching 95k now and it’s not been done so starting to think about it. When doing this job are you in the same area as the cam chain? I.E is it worth doing at the same time?
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Good video here on what's required. It's from an Italian mechanic, but the video is straight forward and easy to follow -
www.ttforum.co.uk
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2.0 TFSI - EA113 Engine with Timing Belt - Informative Video
For anyone with the 2.0 TFSI EA113 Engine with Timing Belt, you may find this video from an Italian mechanic quite interesting. Lots of good information about where things are, and how to do some of the various projects that have been discussed in this forum. The video is over an hour long and...
www.ttforum.co.uk
@SwissJetPilot that video is on an EA113 engine, with a timing belt. CESA is the VL (or Gen 2) EA888. On this engine the water pump is completely different, located on the other end of the engine. The water pump on the EA888s is driven by one of the balance shafts, connected by a small belt. These water pumps are quite notorious for failure...even more so on Gen 3 engines...
Anyway doing the water pump job "requires" removal of the intake manifold. I put requires in quotes because it is apparently possible to do it without removing the intake, but it's really not an easy job to do it that way because you're basically doing it blind for starters and secondly it's extremely tight to get in there. Removing the intake will get you all the room in the world to get the water pump off, and it's how the FSM tells you to do it...but removing the intake is a bit of a chore. Not hard just a bit of work. Also depending on how many injectors get pulled out with the manifold, that's the minimum number of injector seals you will need to replace lol.
The advantage of removing the intake is not only clearance though...it also gives you the opportunity to clean the carbon off the valves if it hasn't been cleaned in a while.
As a note the water pump does not need any "periodic" replacement. However it will likely fail eventually as it's known for failure. The mode of failure is that it leaks more than it stops working, so there's really no point in replacing it before you have to. If you were doing an intake cleaning you could consider replacing it at the same time. It is on the other side of the engine, not near the timing chain. The timing chain OTOH is a much more important job.
Anyway doing the water pump job "requires" removal of the intake manifold. I put requires in quotes because it is apparently possible to do it without removing the intake, but it's really not an easy job to do it that way because you're basically doing it blind for starters and secondly it's extremely tight to get in there. Removing the intake will get you all the room in the world to get the water pump off, and it's how the FSM tells you to do it...but removing the intake is a bit of a chore. Not hard just a bit of work. Also depending on how many injectors get pulled out with the manifold, that's the minimum number of injector seals you will need to replace lol.
The advantage of removing the intake is not only clearance though...it also gives you the opportunity to clean the carbon off the valves if it hasn't been cleaned in a while.
As a note the water pump does not need any "periodic" replacement. However it will likely fail eventually as it's known for failure. The mode of failure is that it leaks more than it stops working, so there's really no point in replacing it before you have to. If you were doing an intake cleaning you could consider replacing it at the same time. It is on the other side of the engine, not near the timing chain. The timing chain OTOH is a much more important job.
@ TT'sRevenge - Thanks for the information. I have changed the title to reflect the differences in engine types - 
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2.0 TFSI - EA113 Engine with Timing Belt - Informative Video
For anyone with the 2.0 TFSI EA113 Engine with Timing Belt, you may find this video from an Italian mechanic quite interesting. Lots of good information about where things are, and how to do some of the various projects that have been discussed in this forum. The video is over an hour long and...
www.ttforum.co.uk
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