Is this the waterpump leaking?

[Overtake]

Hi All,
2013 VW GOLF GT 1.4 ACT BMT TECH TSI with 120k miles. I have had to top up the coolant as it was down to the MIN mark. No running issues. I can see what looks like oil residue under the water pump, but suspect it must be coolant (and oil/dirt?). Please see the pics. I guess this means the water pump needs replacing as a minimum? Should the timing belt be done whilst they are in there, as its accessible?

Thanks

 

[Finglonga]

That is an oil leak by the looks of it, coolant looks cleaner.

 

[Pineapple]

Coolant looks gross when it leaks and burns on something hot. Can't comment if that's what's happening here, you'd see smoke/vapor and smell syrupy coolant if that was the case. See: coolant near turbo

 

[Overtake]

I am tempted to clean it up and then watch what happens. But think its best to take to a VW shop to see if they have seen something like this before. I'm hoping its coolant, but agree yes it does look like oil.

 

[Pineapple]

Fwiw this is what my pump looked like when I pulled it out. I think there's more than one mode of failure, in my case I wasn't losing coolant, the pump just stopped.

 

[Overtake]

Fwiw this is what my pump looked like when I pulled it out. I think there's more than one mode of failure, in my case I wasn't losing coolant, the pump just stopped.

Wow yours shows obvious signs of leaking, with the dry stains. An independent VW garage has quoted me £720 including parts and labour. This is in the UK. The water pump and belt are about £300 from VW.

 

[Overtake]

Just to update you all. I replaced the water pump and belt. I'm glad I did as the belt side was looking very tired and grubby. The pump belt also looked very tired.
Will monitor the coolant level going forward.