Has any body removed the water pump on a Bavaria 32? I believe I will require to remove the engine mounting to get at two of the bolts but before I do so it would be nice if somebody who may have done it can advise.
Are you talking about the raw sea water pump? If so when mines was changed on my 2020 albeit on a B34, it was all done (by engineer) from front of engine compartment, no need to touch engine mounts. I think it was just four bolts to be removed. One was rusted hard so needed to be drilled out.
Our problem arose at end of a weekend before I was planning to take friends out the following weekend so had to get it done during week sharpish hence engineer.
It is one of the screws at the back which is difficult to access and may be easier with the mount removed.
Thanks all, I have managed to dismount the sea water pump. I had to remove the engine mount but this was more simple than I initially thought. Now all I need to do is to refurbish the unit.
Just removed my pump to replace the front seal. yes you do have to remove the bracket for the throttle / stop cables but only one of the bolts is really awkward ( one flat at a time).
At home I discover that it would have been possible to replace to front seal with the pump in situ.
By removing the impeller and inserting self tappers and pulling , or careful use of a small screwdriver the seal can be pulled out.
Replacement seal pushed in and tapped home using a suitable sized socket.
Just got to replace the awkward bolt , although I will clean up the thread firs to make is finger tightenable as far as possible.