If you look down there you'll see there is no room for a hose under the pulley or over it.  Putting a hose behind that pulley where there is so little clearance would not be a good idea.  I'm sure the VW engineers spent a lot of time designing that metal pipe to fit without removing the pulley.

Stuart

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 2:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX

might make belt replacement tough?  kidding.

What about a one piece hose between flange at head and coolant pump?

Too tough to strap down? Or is that even needed? Find a molded hose from FLAPS?

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been there too...
>
> now I wonder is it possible to reroute that @#%^ pipe instead let it 
> under the pulley?
>

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