water pump replacement advice

[Albert Ng <alng@purdue.edu>]

Hi Audi Fans,

I am about to replace the water pump on my 87 5kcst, and I would like to
do it by myself this time. I read the I5 water pump r&r procedures from
Haynes. It said in order to take the water pump out, it has to remove the
timing belt inner cover. That mean I have to remove the cameshart gear
first. So my quesstions are ....

Is that possible to replace the water pump without removing the timing
belt inner over? The reason I ask this question is that I really don't
want to alter the camshaft gear and the timing. I bet it will be tough to
loosen the camshaft gear bolt and I guess I will probably slip the timing
belt.

If the removal of the inner cover is a must, can anyone suggest me a good
way to loosen the camshaft bolt without messing up the timing?

Any tricky part during the water pump r&r procedure(beside the one I ask
above)?



Happy New Year &
Merry Christmas



Albert Ng
'87 5kcst