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• Re: Metalic Chirping Sound ~More Details
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:00:39 +0100
  Phaedra, My (diesel) Vanagon sounded like this for about a week before the pulley driving the water pump broke off. Something you could check...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  ...Old dirty lifters may take several rounds of adjustments to get to the fully pumped up state of the lifter. It sounds like you...
• Re: 170 degree thermostat in '83 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 22:29:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...thread about aux water and oil pumps) is trying to fit a slightly samller water pump pulley. The idea would be to maintain a...
• Update: I recently started assembling my engine, and FOR the love of GOD!! Could someone help me???
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:31:09 -0400
  ...Installed new water pump and oil pump. Now I'm a bit confuse on the firing order. Is #1 on the passenger side front...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:41:25 -0700
  ...pump seal and oil filler tube gasket.. when i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i removed the pulley...
• Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:41:22 -0500
  Okay, so how do I get the pistons off? I see the wrist pin has to be pulled thought the water pump hole but...
• Re: 1.9L Hose Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:47:54 -0400
  ...If you remove the crank pulley the pump can be pulled with the pipe still attached. These Allen screws should always be replaced when...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:30:35 -0500
  ...To get the old pump out, I > > Wound up sawing the coss over pipe off next to the pump because of a > > bound up...
• Re: Power steering add-on
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:30:16 +0200
  ...You need the rack, the pressure fluid lines, the pump with bracket and pulley with belt. > > > I would LIKE to fit an aftermarket steeringwheel...
• Re: [vanagon] After market water pumps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 19:05:54 -0500
  ...Either the pulley configuration is > off, the person installing the pumps is over tightening the belts, or > something beside the pumps is actually causing...
• happening with home engine repair: getting the engine together
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:19:17 -0800
  ...Karl Wolz (sp?) mentioned about oil pump work without removing the main pulley, so I eyed it, and the next thing I knew, I...
• Re: FS 50 degree I4 engine conversion parts
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:02:49 -0700
  ...power steering pump , alternator and all pulleys and bolts. The mounting system in from a golf RV engine code car. It is a rock...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:59:26 -0700
  ...Could not remove the Water Pump Pulley because there is no GOOD way to lock the pulley without damaging the Water Pump IMHO. 5...
• Re: installed a valve on radiator, makes bleeding air out of coolant "easier"
  Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:04:14 -0600
  ...Water pump speed, compared to crank speed is about ......well, if> the crank pulley is 5.5 inches diameter....w. pump pulley should be...
• Oil light and Warning Horn -WBX 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:14:30 -0600
  ...Changing out the high pressure switch by the coolant pump pulley SEEMED to do the trick. Haven't a Had an problems so far...
• CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:25:02 -0700
  ...251 407 405 DM 140.25 Water Pump Belt Stone Deflector: 025 199 913 DM 10.29 (currently $ 4.68) Alternator Pulley Stone Deflector...
• Re: PS V-belt
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:20:24 -0400
  ...centre of the belt, half-way between the PS Pump and the 3-Groove Pulley. More difficult to describe than to do! As an...
• Re: Friday: Need help with Jetta, final request
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:11:17 -0400
  ...The water pump pulley assembly is a > new-to-me configuration with a freewheeling rear sheave and a front > sheave connected to the water...
• Re: Is it the water pump... Hear it live...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:30:05 -0400
  ...Remove the belt and spin the pulley by hand. You should feel a slight drag from the seal but there should not be any...
• Re: Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:36:56 -0400
  Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> writes: > Like John said, get the oil level down, and check the connection > near the crank pulley. That is...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:26:02 -0500
  ...You all would > laugh at how long it took me to do this! The funniest part was me trying > to turn the crankshaft pulley...
• Re: water pump advice / Murphy's law
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:18:07 -0700
  ...I then grabbed the water pump pulley and it wabelled!!!! IIWY, I'd try wiggling > the water pump pulley (W/O the belt on...
• Re: This guy again (3000 mi trip yada yada)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:40:41 -0500
  ...right part, plus some more traces all around- some old water pump >pulley's hoof prints from way back before my time with this...
• Re: alt belt keeps coming loose
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:05:10 -0700
  ...the pulleys have a wobble to them. Also a sticking water pump bearing can also cause the problem. The intermittent sticking pump is a...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:28:03 -0700
  ...If it's the alternator/water pump that's squealing.............commonly..........it'll squeal for a minute or two on first firing up the...
• Re: Oil seal replacemets
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:38:39 -0700
  ...lightly re-surface it to get the pump grooves eliminated. Yer leak MAY be a crank pulley seal going bad - this is a more...
• Engine swap lessons learned
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:47:41 -0800
  ...The water pump to engine case O-ring is no longer sealing. Never leaked before, when it was in the GL, but we all...
• Re: '82 diesel resurrection death?
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:04:29 -0400
  ...intermediate shaft pulley. If it is not turning with the movement of the timing belt, then the vacuum pump or oil pump may be...
• Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:21:08 -0700
  ...You keep the ABA roller (tensioner can be a useful thing to replace if old) but run a VR6 pulley on the coolant pump...
• Re: Cold Temps....Hard to Start and Squealing Belts-Maybe Not the Belts
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:52:52 -0800
  I had the exact same situation with my '87, except it was my original power steering pump. No big loss, as it didn't...
• Re: Replacing thermostat on 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:02:01 -0400
  ...On January,2000 @ 240K-New water pump, new metal coolant line that runs from right head to pump (behind pulley), new thermostat, coolant recovery...
• Re: Should I "bother" replacing the waterpump?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sat, 1 May 2004 20:52:03 -0700
  ...I have seen water pumps that were so corroded, the fins were basically gone, and although the pump would turn, it wasn't actually...
• Re: Diesel V-belt mystery
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 18:30:33 -0500
  ...One is for cooling pump and one for alternator. > Before I have only one much longer belt which accidentally fits to the > pulleys. : : <snip...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:40:49 -0700
  ...Took off injection pump drive pulley. Tried Bryan's tip of pulling out the injection pump shaft seal using screws into the seal, however...
• Re: size of nut (bolt?) on crankcase pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:03 -0800
  ...always feels good when you see that spark jump ( testing for big spark from coil wire to ground ) and you hear the fuel pump...
• Re: Bunker Burner Bait
  Historical mailing list - Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 16:43:52 -0400
  ...If you now have bubbles odds are the seal behind the injection pump pulley is allowing air to enter the fuel system. It's...
• Re: Not Exact Alt/PS Belts in a Pinch?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 6 Aug 2018 02:05:16 -0700
  ...The power steering pump has vulnerable wires plugged to it so be careful those are clear and undamaged during and after the installation. Mark...
• Re: Alternator vibration -
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Jun 2020 21:06:03 -0700
  ...pulley - and inspected the short coolant hose that sits below the alternator and connects the right side cylinder jacket to the water pump. To...
• Re: Power Steering conversion questions (my arms are tired)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 5 May 2000 06:11:55 EDT
  ...the pump mount holes/studs in existance >somewhere on >a non-PS engine? I have the belt slot on the crank pulley, so there...
• Re: ANTIFREEZE - NEED ADVICE! !!! HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:46:04 -0700
  ...with engine off check for wobbly water pump pulley/shaft. If it's using coolant, something is not right. Often it's a matter...
• RE: Strange Bus Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:02:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Got that "third heater hose" that plugs into the sheet metal just to the right of the pulley, and goes to the bottom of...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:22:26 -0700
  ...There was a flat leather belt looped around this wheel that went to another pulley that in turn drove a water pump or generator...
• Re: Help! Need VW diesel shop in San Francisco
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:55:14 -0600
  ...Tightening the cam will engage the belt more with the intermediate shaft, and therefore the vacuum gauge and the oil pump. The stud that...
• Re: Preemptive water pump replacement? Miscellaneous Chatter
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:24:48 -0800
  Tom, Loosen or remove the belt from the water pump. Then wiggle the pulley / shaft. If it wiggles, then yes it is about to...
• Belt tension
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:53:17 -0800
  ...Apparently, the alternator/water pump belt parted and took out the A/C compressor drive belt along with the compressor pulley shield. So...what...
• Re: 2.1 wbx with AC Water pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 21 May 2011 12:29:48 -0700
  ...side pip at the water pump and I can't get the pipe out from under the > driveshaft pulley set. > > While I'll give...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:50:43 -0500
  ...pump off the 3 studs it sits on > .. > > > The pipe is badly captured by the crankshaft pulley .. > > > and the water pump is captured by...
• Re: Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:17:28 -1000
  ...But guess what - got a > serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the > vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:18:59 -1000
  ...The new hose right of the crank pulley went on easy. The > pump slid on the three studs beautifully. But getting the nut on...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:18:06 -0500
  ...crank and pump locked up. > More on that later. > > Took off tensioner and timing belt. > Took off injection pump drive pulley. > > Tried Bryan's...
• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:43:10 -0500
  ...the connector on the pressure sender down by the oil pump and > crank pulley. If you've left it off the blinking will not...
• Re: Broken New Engine, What is fair resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:04:54 -0700
  ...pump? One of the best vacuums in the system is the vortex of the water pump which also happens to be where the pulley...
• Re: Coolant Leak - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 22:48:56 -0300
  ...turned out to be the water pump. Clean and dry the pump, then pay attention to the pulley shaft - when the seal goes, so...
• Since it's in the shop anyway . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 7 May 2005 15:47:59 -0700
  ...Check the water pump pulley shaft for bearing play and check for leaks at the vent hole on the underside of the pump. If...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:04:54 -0700
  ...the width of the pulleys is a factor ......about how far the belt has to move over to flip off. If I remember right...
• Tiico replacement parts (FS)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:59:08 -0500
  ...These have all the brackets to replace the Tiico pulley bracket that causes the vibration. These are both Digifant motors. This means they also...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:29:21 -0500
  ...There was a flat leather belt looped around this wheel that went to another pulley that in turn drove a water pump or generator...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:45:10 -0300
  ...as a longtime air-head, VW >> water pump replacement is something at which I am definitely not practiced. >> Though I have changed water pumps...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:58:05 -0400
  ...I took the belt off the water pump. The pulley has very little play in it. Almost none in and out along the shaft...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:14:32 -0700
  ...Most belt drives are designed around the belt having a 180 > degree wrap around the drive and driven pulleys. On the waterboxer the belt...