20,000 miles and mine started leaking. (2012 MK6)
car is a salvage title so no warranty. Just replaced it myself. Was a big job, probably took about 12 hours, spread out over 2 days. could probably do it in half the time now, I wasted a lot of time trying to do it without pulling the intake manifold
I was able to get the pump removed without taking off the intake manifold however, it was not lining up in place (looked like the pump was pressing up against the bottom of the fuel rail/ wiring for fuel injectors) ended up removing the manifold to get it reinstalled.
I find it hard to believe this is possible to do without removing the mani. I would recommend anyone trying this for the first time to to just bite the bullet and remove the manifold, gives you so much more room to work with.
I also ordered the wrong part first, beware there are two pumps depending on engine type
PUMP PART #06J121026BG = CBFA Engine
PUMP PART #06H121026DD = CCTA Engine
This video helped me a lot just seeing how everything disconnected/ how fuel injectors removed from fuel rail. They suck to pull out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugh9vPz2Zd8
The worst parts of this job are as follows:
- the back two screws on the throttle body, extensions are your friend.
- The throttle body pipe was pain to get off, gotta jam a screwdriver around the whole pipe to break the seal then squeeze the pipe itself and pull.
- All the fuel injectors on my car came off with the mani, these suck to pull out, not sure if there is a trick, just kinda used a screwdriver to help pry them out. (I didn't replace any seals, just lubed them up and slapped them back on the car, worked fine.)
I would also recommend blowing some compressed air around the mani before dissembling to keep dust/dirt from falling into the valves.
Thank you all so much for the information, without you guys I don't think I would have attempted this job.