I don’t know, I personally think this setup is genius. You have a leak, there it is. You have a t-stat failure, water pump, it’s all in one thing. They do fail, as most water pumps eventually do, but literally everything is in one piece. Not like an older GM 1.4T where you’re replacing coolant flanges on one end, water pumps on the other, t-stat housings on the front. Anything that could possibly fail on this engine is right there in one spot.
Except all this is covered under the intercooler hoses and intake manifold and the bolt that hold that small pulley on is super difficult to get on with the velt on it's not as easy as you think I would rather do GM water pumps or thermostats
@@ScrewedEquilibrium I’m a VW/Audi tech and I was a GM tech. I’ll stick with the VW setup. The belt slides off the pump, removing the gear from the balance shaft isn’t necessary. The only pipe you have to remove is the rubber coupler between the throttle body and the plastic boost pipe. You then just remove the throttle body and there you are. I’ve lost count of how many of these I replaced, but VW pays just under 4 hours (warranty) for one and they take less than 2. Audi pays over 5 hours and you can have them done in 45 minutes. The coolant pieces on an old GM 1.4 all pay an hour or less under warranty and take you that time or longer to replace. And you will replace them every 15-20k miles. The VW Audi setup you’ll maybe do twice in the life of the vehicle.
