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Where is the water pump located on a 2000 Beetle and how to you change it?
Joehenson
The water pump in a 2000 VW New Beetle is driven by the timing belt. I know this because I have a 2000 Beetle GLS and I am smack dab in the middle of the job of replacing my water pump. I have little automotive experience but I am mechanically minded and have some good friends that are mechanics that can help me out of a jam if I need it. I have changed a few water pumps on other cars in the past but have never done a timing belt. I just rolled over 100K miles on my car and so I guess this job is par for the course. While you are replacing the water pump you will want to replace the timing belt and timing belt tensioner. I am also replacing the serpentine belt since it has to come off anyway. There seems to be quite a bit of stuff to remove just to get to the timing belt but if you have patience and durable knuckles you can get 'er done. I have another car to drive in the meantime which makes it so that I don't have to rush this job. I don't think you'd want to tackle this yourself if you HAD to have the car running again right away. If you go to the Bentley Publisher's website and go to their forums you can find almost step-by-step instructions from other users on how to do this job. That, along with a Chilton manual is how I'm going at this.
Good luck! The water pump in a 2000 VW New Beetle is driven by the timing belt. I know this because I have a 2000 Beetle GLS and I am smack dab in the middle of the job of replacing my water pump. I have little automotive experience but I am mechanically minded and have some good friends that are mechanics that can help me out of a jam if I need it. I have changed a few water pumps on other cars in the past but have never done a timing belt. I just rolled over 100K miles on my car and so I guess this job is par for the course. While you are replacing the water pump you will want to replace the timing belt and timing belt tensioner. I am also replacing the serpentine belt since it has to come off anyway. There seems to be quite a bit of stuff to remove just to get to the timing belt but if you have patience and durable knuckles you can get 'er done. I have another car to drive in the meantime which makes it so that I don't have to rush this job. I don't think you'd want to tackle this yourself if you HAD to have the car running again right away. If you go to the Bentley Publisher's website and go to their forums you can find almost step-by-step instructions from other users on how to do this job. That, along with a Chilton manual is how I'm going at this.
Good luck!
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