Removing coolant outlet at front of engine.

[jerrah]

I'm working through a coolant reroute. I'm at the stage where I want to remove the outlet on the front of my B6. I just wanted to confirm something before I proceed any further:

Do I need to remove the cam belt to remove the outlet?

If so I might wait until I've got a new water pump and cam belt handy and do the lot in one go.

[93_Clubman]

yes according to the manual as, at least on the na8, the black plate blocks access to the housing bolts, & cam wheels need to come off to remove the plate.

[jerrah]

Hmm... Sounds like more hassle than I was expecting.

Now I have to toss up whether to do the timing belt/water pump now or just refit the existing items.

Repco want $300+ for the timing belt kit and $140 for the water pump which seems quite excessive for a $800 motor.

[93_Clubman]

US$140 shipped to Aust BP kit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 2089wt_941

here's some comment: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=43112

a few forumites have got stuff from CNS, but I've not heard feedback one way or the other, but as you say on an $800 motor, it would cost you that again if you weren't doing it yourself!

[Fatty]

couldn't you just leave the existing outlet in place, and put a cap on it? it wouldn't look as neat but it'd solve the problem and save you some money.

[jerrah]

Yes a cap would work but I want to do it properly, encourage 100% flow in the correct direction and regain the space around the front of the engine.

Thanks for the tip on CNS, seems to be an OEM grade pump - hopefully the timing belt is of good quality. The whole B6 kit shipped (pump, belt and pulleys) was less than a pump alone purchased locally.

I'll take photos and update the forum on removing the water neck/ putting in the freeze plug etc etc.