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VW GTI · Cooling

Auxiliary Coolant Pump

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Modern GTIs have a second, electric coolant pump (auxiliary/after-run pump) separate from the main belt-driven pump. It circulates coolant on demand — notably to cool the turbo after shutdown and to feed the heater/thermal management — and when it fails you get subtle faults: weak heat, odd warm-up behaviour, or turbo heat-soak that shortens turbo life