Nissan X-Trail - Water pump replacement 1.6dci

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Tue 21 Jul 2020 09:48
Nissan X-Trail - Water pump replacement 1.6dci - Lucas1502

Hello,

I have coolant leak in my Nissan xtrail t32. In around 500km coolant is going from Max to Min which is around 250ml. System was pressure tested and there was no visible leaks however there is some staining around water pump so I presume it's the source of the leak.

I have checked Nissan manual and they saying that to replace water pump engine need to be removed. Is that correct? Did anyone replace water pump in this model?

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Sun 20 Jul 2025 20:45
Nissan X-Trail - Water pump replacement 1.6dci - Stefan O
I know this is an old post, but here is my experience.
I have just spent half a day replacing the water pump on my X-trail Tekna t32 2017 1.6dci. I did it without removing the engine. I have unscrewed the pulley bolts and pump bolts, bear in mind the pulley doesn’t just slide out. I had to play with the pulley until it came off then the pump followed. Imagine one of those 3D steel puzzles, which requires a specific position to take it apart, it was just like that.
To fit it back in, after two hours of fiddling and failing to line up the pump with the pulley to allow to squeeze them into their position, I had to loosen the engine mounts and pry open a gap between the engine then I squeezed the pulley onto the pump mounts.
Here is the issue, the pump is inserted into the engine by approximately 1.5”, but you only get less than 1” space between the pump and the chassis.
Filling up the coolant was easy just had to run the engine hot with the heater on, and topping up the coolant tank.
Thank you Nissan engineers, your design has made yet another simple task unnecessarily difficult. A little bit more space between the chassis and the engine for a mechanic to put his hands in would be welcome.
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