Has anyone fitted a no shroud water pump to the tdi engine?

If so, what was the part number of the pump you used?

How did you go about stopping fault codes / engine lights and what did you do with the redundant electrical connector?

Commercial VAG cars with EA288 engine (VW Crafter, for example) use non-switchable coolant pump from factory.
Some aftermarket pump brands also offers them as alternative.

Answer (to install it or no) is not obvious, based on what I found in various forums, hmm...

Some guys reported pro-longed warm-up time. Some guys said- I don't care, almost no difference in warm-up, safety (against shroud sticking possibility) is more important.

From '2013, this pump had plenty of improvements and updated ID numbers- I'd like to trust that now it's all ok with switchable pump. In next weeks will do 1st timing job for my TDI and will install proper/switchable pump.

If not-switchable pump is installed, you should re-install valve from old pump (screw it into void bore of new pump and connect plug; hence, no errors should be expected).

More info: The Mk3 Octavia TDI water pump thread - Page 8 - Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013 - 2020) - BRISKODA

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