Last year I changed my heads and a month later my water pump went bad.
Since you are draining the coolant & bleeding the system any way you might
as well replace the pump.. $49.95 @ Bus Depot.... I wish I changed it out..
bleeding the system 2 times in a month is a little much for me.. :)

Shannon
91 Vanagon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Erlandson" <danoer1@ECLIPSE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: head repair and water pump

> on 6/18/03 10:25 PM, Ed Carroll at ecarroll@maine.rr.com wrote:
>
> > Dan -- I did not feel it necessary to remove the water pump when I did
my
> > head gaskets last year. Does it appear to be reqired for your engine?
Mine's
> > an '87 2.1 liter boxer ... No A/C, no power steering ... And yours?
> >
> > Ed Carroll
>
>
> Hey Ed,
>
> Sorry if I did not make myself clear before...  I'd like to change the
water
> pump (preventative maintenance).  The engine has 60k on it and I had heard
> that it was easy to do it while doing a head job...maybe... the pump is
> indeed more accessible but it seems oh so near yet oh so far away...
>
> My 91 is a 2.1 with A/C and power steering
>
>
> --
> Dan Erlandson
> Flemington, NJ
> > danoer1@eclipse.net
> 91 VW Vanagon GL 170,000 mi
> 99 VW Passat 107,000 mi