MK4 12v VR6 Water Pump Replacement! ( Riverside Prep )

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Big thank you to @UroTuningOfficial for the great parts and fast shipping! Once again helping me keep my cars in good shape!

[@paspitale]

Brother, you are a master pourer.

[@martinbartenbach8516]

Now we are getting better weather in germany. Chris found his unboxing knife again.

[@Mk3Smith]

I’ll lose it again don’t worry 😂

[@preneshpakkiri5565]

Awesome stuff buddy lots of love from south Africa Johannesburg 🇿🇦

[@AxonnHD]

Consider water pump with rotor made of a metal - there are many issues with plasticish water pumps especially in mk4. The plastic ones may have tendency to brake the rotors and get loosen pretty quick, instead of the full metal pumps which are recommended and are known of long-lasting. Greetings from Poland!

[@keanan176]

If you know the good old unboxing kinfe you been here awhile OG stuff

[@peekaboo-_-3197]

Thank you, I needed this video

[@theskateboardt619]

What a coincidence I had the same issue on my water pump yesterday. I thought it was my water pump pulley but once I took the pulley off, turned out to be that same issue as you had new water pump definitely fixed the problem.

[@jaymistry9311]

Hey christian, you know what would be cool? If you did a weber carb conversion on the mk2 jetta with DCOE 45 CARBS.

[@freshwhiteteee]

SEE YOU IN HELEN ! ILL KEEP AN EYE OUT !

[@KyleAndersonSkates]

Water pump looks so much easier on there than the newer cars! Glad you got it all sorted out! Just paid about $2k for the dealer to do mine in my mk7, out of warranty, about 120k miles so no class action money for me lol

[@Mk3Smith]

Dang sorry to hear that! Yeah on the vr6 thankfully that water-pump is with the accessories and separate from the timing so it’s fairly easy to get to.

[@yomamacrib3297]

You paid whattttttttttttttt 😭

[@J.F.K.O]

My brothers T3 bus waterboxer made a similar sound as yours did before, he just ignored it we thought it was the alternator. But they were going on a vacation and i drove them in the bus to the airport 140 ish km away, the trip went fine to the airport. Then when i got just outside Copenhagen 30 km maybe it just exploded, there was bearing rollers and aluminium parts all over the engine :P Lucky it didn't happen on the trip to the airport. So a good thing you changed it before it grenaded it self. Interesting that none of them was leaking any water. On the 8v engines the water pump leaks way before the bearing seems to fail

[@RickGTI2019]

Newer cars are a pain in the ass to work on. But they do run better than the ones years ago. Nice job, thanks RickGTI….. 🌴

[@n2Fast_]

literally the day after watching your last video, for the first time I heard a horrendous squealing sound from the passenger side of my golf. I thought to myself there's no freaking way. The next morning I back the car out of the garage and on the ground on the passenger side of the car was a small puddle of pink coolant. 🤦‍♂😭 like bruh

[@CosmicMomentumX]

Good video, thanks for sharing.

[@yazchannelify]

Great video wagon sounds good

[@golfplatz123]

Unbelievable. You're trying to finish the water pump fight and I'm lying here a few miles to the south by the pool following the story instead of helping you. I have a bad conscience.😂😂😂😂✌️👍😉

[@DuetchJunger]

UNBOXING KNIFE LEEEETTTTS GOOOO

[@Mk3Smith]

😂😂

[@barnabashorvath2230]

Helló Christian! When will you replace your rear Porche brake with a bigger one?

[@ChadanythingVW]

I'm happy you fixed your VURA now make it sing for us 🎺 exhaust Go Pro footage😅

[@elijahjensen7656]

Lol I’m about to do this job today! Did you have any issues with the exhaust binding raising the engine so high? I was going through the gruvenparts diy and they say you need to take off all mounts and push the engine :( and I’m not trying to do that

[@Mk3Smith]

I personally didn’t have any issues thankfully. I just went up with the engine really slow. It definitely started getting tight with going up that high with the engine but it worked and I had no damages or anything. Just gotta pay attention as you go up.

[@elijahjensen7656]

bless homie!! You have no idea how much of a lifesaver this is!! Can’t believe I just pulled up KZbin and you had posted this 4 hrs ago…not how finding diys for my mk4 vr6 usually go!

[@yaboykendell4295]

Been watching your vids for years, im also a fellow smith. Just am curious what tool brand is your go to ?

[@maverick4177]

Buy cheap buy twice, always get OE Genuine VW parts when it comes water pumps, chains, tensioners Anything else is a waste of time and money

[@B4SSB34T]

Maybe get new coolant reservoir? It will definitely make your engine bay look cleaner.

[@suhy9861]

I got a new one and honestly it kind of looks out of place😂😂

[@ChadanythingVW]

More video's legend please go to more friends with more VURA'S for real bro do more content please let's see Florida engine swops on VDUBS let's see miley and other squad of mk3's you own I miss them on your channel 😢 really always Looking forward to see your uploads 💯

[@გიორგისულხანიშვილი-გ6რ]

What is the size belts please tell me if anyone knows

[@hiemabedrog]

Run coolant through heater matrix....

[@workingmanaudio2754]

What brand was the old one?

[@tt-rs1457]

And what is the new one ?

[@Mk3Smith]

I went back and found the autodoc invoice and it was a ridex waterpump. Graf is the brand I used on Miley and it’s had no issues for years so hopefully we are good now lol

[@workingmanaudio2754]

@@Mk3Smith Graf is really good stuff and sometimes OE on some VW motors.

[@workingmanaudio2754]

@@Mk3Smith HEBU is also good stuff.

[@Mk3Smith]

@@tt-rs1457 graf

[@VWPassat_3BG]

First

[@allovertraveler]

Second 🥈

[@shawnlesh1142]

Just dumping fluids on the ground, irresponsible.

[@Mk3Smith]

Had a catch pan under the car but the side cap had came loose and it went everywhere. Wasn’t intentional.