S2 belts/ water pump

Waylander · **Posted:** Fri May 10, 2019 8:57 am

Don’t need belt tools honest, just remember they are not bow strings and you will be fine

shep73 · **Posted:** Fri May 10, 2019 12:49 pm

karozza wrote:

shep73 wrote:

I've just received one from CP4less and its a Uro pump. Was for a 2.5 8v though.

Looks good, castings are neat, metal impeller and even came with a gasket. They were doing the front seals for pretty cheap as well.

Anyone got a set of belt tools for hire :idea:

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Brian

Does it say where it's made; is it branded Aftermarket on the order?

Its in a URO branded box with part no URO-007694. Main body of casting has a URO parts stamp on it with 9696 and 16G nearby. No country mentioned on anything

Waylander, I've often thought that. How do you lock the flywheel ? and what do you use in place of the pin spanner?

Brian

Waylander · **Posted:** Fri May 10, 2019 7:53 pm

To get the balance gears off I use a big pair of 90degree nose pliers, I do however own a 968 flywheel lock tool,

This is different to the 944 flywheel lock tool which is the same as the 968 Tiptronic tool.
I am sure that all you will need other than these is a good 1/4 drive torque wrench for all the M6 bolts and a 3/8 one for the rest

Pliers
https://www.amazon.com/Degree-Needle-Pl ... B01FOQJXW0

Lock tool
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/for-Porsche-92 ... 6007832896

shep73 · **Posted:** Sat May 11, 2019 9:54 am

great stuff Waylander

thanks for that

karozza · **Posted:** Sat May 11, 2019 10:39 am

pauly wrote:

karozza wrote:

Thanks, will look into these Wh1t3Kn1ght

I once read a fellow forum member(not sure which forum) fitted a Circoli Water Pump on a 968 which was still going strong after 10000 miles. It was well under a £100 from Eurocarparts.

Unfortunately can't find it!

Touching wood here, but my car still has the water pump from when I bought it 10years/20k miles ago. And there's no record in the service history of when it was changed before that. I'll be changing the belts/rollers soon, so I'll check the bearing then. 20k is nothing on most cars, and I share the opinion that the usual tension routine makes the belt too tight when the engine expands, and that wears the pump bearing prematurely.

Same thing with mine, only had it just over 2 years & no record in service history of replacement. So, obviously one of those items to be replaced in upcoming major service as soon as I put it back on the road.

pauly · **Posted:** Sat May 11, 2019 2:53 pm

karozza wrote:

pauly wrote:

karozza wrote:

Thanks, will look into these Wh1t3Kn1ght

I once read a fellow forum member(not sure which forum) fitted a Circoli Water Pump on a 968 which was still going strong after 10000 miles. It was well under a £100 from Eurocarparts.

Unfortunately can't find it!

Touching wood here, but my car still has the water pump from when I bought it 10years/20k miles ago. And there's no record in the service history of when it was changed before that. I'll be changing the belts/rollers soon, so I'll check the bearing then. 20k is nothing on most cars, and I share the opinion that the usual tension routine makes the belt too tight when the engine expands, and that wears the pump bearing prematurely.

Same thing with mine, only had it just over 2 years & no record in service history of replacement. So, obviously one of those items to be replaced in upcoming major service as soon as I put it back on the road.

What I'm saying with the water pump is, I don't run the timing belt too tight. And if it isn't broke, I don't fix it. I've got a spare 2.7/3.0 pump that I may use on my turbo one day.

karozza · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2019 12:58 pm

Waylander wrote:

no reply as yet

Still no reply?

Waylander · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2019 5:57 pm

nope

I will ring the fella up

karozza · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:07 am

Finally managed to visit them & the pump brand is URO. It is stamped in the casting. The assistant couldn't tell me much about it, so called another guy over that explained they are made by Circoli, there was nothing else to back this up. There are no other indication where it is made, on the box or the pump.

Visually, seems reasonably made with metal or alloy impeller as I could see.

I've read good things about Circoli pumps if in fact it is. URO not so much but mostly on other parts, pumps seemed to some good some bad.

At the price, might just go ahead & try one. Also, gasket is provided with the pump.

Waylander · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:56 pm

Done 10,000 miles so far on the cheap euros one, no leaks no bearing noise

karozza · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:45 pm

Waylander wrote:

Done 10,000 miles so far on the cheap euros one, no leaks no bearing noise

Was yours a URO product too?

Waylander · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:04 pm

Circoli, sold by euros

sgl1966 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:25 pm

Just ordered a 968 pump advertised as Circoli on eBay from carpartsavers which is part of carparts4less which is part of eurocarparts , so see what turns up but for £87 after discount code can't go to wrong .

karozza · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:14 am

sgl1966 wrote:

Just ordered a 968 pump advertised as Circoli on eBay from carpartsavers which is part of carparts4less which is part of eurocarparts , so see what turns up but for £87 after discount code can't go to wrong .

Do you have the part number? The one I saw was 201330071

I would prefer this if in fact it does confirm to be Circoli.

Cheers

pauly · **Posted:** Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:19 pm

sgl1966 wrote:

Just ordered a 968 pump advertised as Circoli on eBay from carpartsavers which is part of carparts4less which is part of eurocarparts , so see what turns up but for £87 after discount code can't go to wrong .

Just used the 20% off ebay code to order a Gates belt/water pump kit and tools for my daughters Fiesta Zetec S. I hadn't planned to do it myself, but local garages said they didn't need the locking tools, and wanted to bend me over for double the price on the parts :shock:

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