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• Re: On the Road Again - NOT!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:03:05 -0400
  ...doesn't sound water pump related. 'forever' there is a been some confusion about what 'front' means on a rear engine VW van. John...
• Re: Oil seal replacemets
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:16:13 -0700
  ...With the engine in its a real PITA, but it can be done. > > 111 115 111 B - Oil Pump Cover > > Note - This a very...
• (1) Dry sumping and (2) oil heat and (3) MSDS
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  13 Dec 1995 16:32:16 EST
  ...Dry sumping an Audi engine: He's pretty sure they have already engineered the proper pump, and was ready to work with us on...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 May 2012 21:01:15 -0700
  ...8:24 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans< > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > usually water pumps are not lubed externally. >> If I was going to do that...
• Re: Make your own shower ideas AGAIN
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:46:46 -0500
  ...small water tank with >a 12v pump controled by a simple on/off switch. A two way valve, position >one sends water from the...
• Transmission cooler
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:41:50 -0400
  What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? The engine oil pump is...
• FS:1980-91 Vanagon parts. Taking apart several vans
  Historical mailing list - SORIN BEJENARU
  07 Feb 97 15:13:53 EST
  ...1985 engine block for $400 or complete with everything that is attached to the engine (fuel injectors, alternator, water pump, throttle and exhaust for...
• Re: it's raining in my van!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:05:50 -0300
  ...it >is probably due to water coming in the air intake vent. There is no opening from the engine intake to the interior, at...
• Re: Complete Head Gasket Set
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 01:06:56 -0400
  ...If you have a 2.1L engine, I'll substitute a Genuine Volkswagen 2.1L water pump for $8 more. You can e-mail...
• Re: Coolant question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:47:57 -0500
  Scott, what part of the water pump are you lubing with the oil? No internal parts of the pump are exposed to the coolant...
• Re: External domestic water pump, was Re: Hey, I so excited
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 29 May 2015 19:35:08 -0700
  I've often been tempted to install a foot pump type deal. FWIW, the pump I installed has two layers of (neoprene? been a...
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:38:52 +0000
  ...I have a leak at the short hose between the thermostat housing and engine. Do I have to remove the water pump as well...
• Bay Area early 80's Rabbit Diesel, ailing, for sale...or going to crusher...beat $650
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:03:14 -0400
  ...The engine is generally fine except this problem. New water pump, belts, hoses, clutch, all new seals and gaskets except the head gasket, etc...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 19:16:22 -0800
  ...the life of the water pump. Why is a sealant used on the rubber outer water gaskets on waterboxer engines ? same answer.... bare rubber...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:29:06 -0600
  ...In a water cooled it's the air > moving through the radiator. The water pump just moves the heat from one ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS...
• Re: Road trip and mechanics litany of issues
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 28 May 2008 17:33:02 EDT
  ...It does sound like you need at least a little brake work and perhaps a new water pump. If the pump has leaked it...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:46:54 -0400
  Having an '87 Jetta engine does that engine still have the Bosch CIS injection system? If so you need the correct pump as that...
• Re: Waterless coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:53:54 -0500
  ...Also this stuff acts as a water-wetter and superior water pump seal lubricant. 100K water pumps are possible now. My $0.02 Dennis...
• Re: I-4 conversion: power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:22:35 -0800
  ...I'm using the small, round cast iron power steering pump and brackets from a '90 golf (engine code RV), because it it the...
• Re: Bostig Zetec conversion in Seattle area?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:43:45 -0600
  ...Never once had to crack open the engine. At about 201,000 I had to replace the water pump. I currently have an 88...
• Re: 20 hours later and a new water pump and a few other things...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:26:29 -0700
  ...I changed the clamps on the oil cooler, thermostat to metal pipe hose and the water pump pipe to right block inlet clamps. I...
• P/S into air cooled Van?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:27:37 +0000
  ...a pump on a vehicle that already has and wants to keep A/C. As to those worried about taxing the engine I'm...
• Audi 2.6L I5 maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:45:00 -0800
  ...Audi engines are supposed to last a long time, but some maintenance must be done. Are the water and power steering pumps, AC compressor...
• Re: Engine Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:55:18 -0500
  ...crap > eventhough I replaced the plugs, wires, fuel pressure regulator, thermostat, > water pump, distributor, rotor, air filter, cleaned the FI ground > wires.............I'm...
• Re: What a real VW mech @ the dealer has to says about a vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:04:47 -0700
  ...Changing the water pump with the engine in the van - you want to kill the engineers that designed it. It's about 6 times...
• Re: Now here is a challenge!
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 05:39:07 -0700
  ...Belt squealing might be just belt needing tension or could be > water pump getting ready to buy the farm. Try to move the pulley...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:35:37 +0000
  ...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: Looking for diesel vanagon water pump pulley and shims
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 16:40:59 -0400
  ...Eventually the van was moved to a > >> new > >> > shop and they are finishing up the install but the water pump pulley > >> halves > >> > and the...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:29:51 -0800
  There are electric water pumps that go right in the main coolant hoses. Marine applications. I removed one from a subaru engine conversion vanagon...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 May 2012 17:48:13 -0700
  ...pump impeller.. >> or by severe corrosion. >> >> the real test for a not running engine is a >> Leak Down Test. . >> However...put your bell housing...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 17:06:11 -0800
  ...Oil Pump Replacement. Beetle engine cases were truly consumable. There were so many around and engine overhauls were such an industry by itself that...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:48:18 -0500
  ...I flushed cold water into there with the engine running and can tell you that I had water gushing out the radiator bleeder, and...
• Re: Alternator: the play is thing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:16:48 -0500
  ...By the time you see the light, the engine will overheat, without this showing on the gauge (no water pump = no water-flow = gauge...
• Re: Water pumps...Seattle area
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:43:21 -0500
  ...a belt yesterday and could move the pump, and so were worried it could damage the engine housing. I'm thinking of ordering the...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:19:50 -0500
  ...van was parked with rear end raised, expansion tank highest point in cooling system, engine cold, just water in system, cap off expansion tank...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:12:11 -0500
  ...Oil Pump Replacement. yes, on all three types of engines that come in vanagons. I've never believed in replacing oil pumps myself much...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:11:50 -0700
  ...It turned out that my water pump was going bad which slightly over heated the engine. After replacing the water pump it never did...
• Re: update on diesel-gas conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 26 May 2002 17:50:58 -0700
  ...switch the water pump pully and the vibration > damper. I'm using the "one belt setup" that came with the RV engine I installed...
• Re: it will actually freeze
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:29:29 -0400
  ...You still might have a little trouble starting an engine with a water pump that's locked in place by frozen antifreeze. ;) David Brodbeck...
• After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - bemba
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:47:50 -0800
  ...water pump is working, and I left the thermostat out, too. The hoses all get warm, even the radiator hoses in the engine bay...
• Voltage regulator, Re: spare waterpump or alternator
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:41:29 -0800
  ...That red > light really grabs your attention when you've been on autopilot for > several > hours. > When my water pump went, I thought for...
• Overheating - 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 20:27:12 -0600
  ...engine I noticed coolant shooting out at about the point directly below the overflow tank (about the same point where the water pump lies...
• Re: power steering problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:16:07 -0400
  ...common. > that's very low miles for a PS pump on a waterboxer engine, btw. > > if it's up-down play ...that would be...
• Re: Coolant Rising Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:42:44 -0600
  ...engine installed, they had some trouble with the water > pump. Because of the excess milling, they said, when they bolted on the > water pump...
• Re: engine cleaning do's and don'ts?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:32:10 -0700
  ...Regards, Mike Pedersen '88 Westy GL Automatic Powell River, BC Hi folks, With a bunch of jobs coming up (water pump, engine hoses, coolant...
• Re: 82 diesel overheating
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:58:25 +0000
  ...I do not know if a malfunctioning water pump could contribute to this air problem, at least you can easily observe if the cooling...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:49:45 -1000
  ...it got separated out just by the water pump pumping .. also for filling ...when filling an engine with coolant , especially the first time, there...
• Re: Leak on 2.1 coolant line from pump--rubber coupling
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:19:44 -0700
  ...one coming from the water pump and the other going into the passenger side water jacket of the engine. Anyone have any first hand...
• Re: Trip report
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:52:52 -0800
  ...Diesel? You needed to bang the injector pump to get it running? Or is it a gas engine? Neil. On Mon, Feb 21, 2011...
• Re: Why so many '84 & '85 Westies??
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:15:16 -0100
  ...The earlier and later Vanagons seem equally reliable, and tend to need the same repairs over time (head gaskets, water pumps, rear heater cores...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:48:57 -0400
  ...it's a tiny fraction of the volume of gas pumped by our engines. In other words, I remain a skeptic until someone tests...
• going down for the second time w/ the waterpump
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:14:10 -0800
  ...that the pump is actually removed from vehicle and replacement begins)I had the old pump out (score 3 points).The waterpump ran the...
• Waterpump replacement on '84 Westy 1.9L is coming! Thermostat Question For You.
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:10:23 -0700
  Listees - Today was a major milestone for me on my water pump job. I removed the old water pump! Got the a/c compressor...
• New engine install
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:42:15 -0400
  ...Owasco did a good job replacing many other components along the way including a water pump and power steering pump. The engine cost before...
• Re: HELP - No power to fuel pump - 87
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:39:10 -0700
  The AFM has nothing to do with the fuel pump on your model. On air cooled models it did but not on the watercooled...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:53:23 -0500
  ...Oil Pump Replacement. > > So to be clear, I'm adding the higher volume pump to keep the engine going for a few more months...
• Re: How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:26:39 -0800
  First, its a LOT easier to change the water pump with the engine out, so just do it! My WBX engine slid out fine...
• 1991 2.1L Wasserboxer engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:01:39 -0400
  ...water pump on LH side is unrusted as well. Exhaust system (except for O2 sensor) downstream of the wye pipe and the engine bearer...
• Re: Comments on the Oil Cooler Upgrade Issue
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:06:06 EST
  ...This is a common failure in racing engines with the switch to improperly sized electric motor driven water pumps as well as power pulley...
• hot water...another way to do it.
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 16 Oct 1994 11:03:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...And I didn't like the fact that the water pump had to run for 20 minutes to heat the water. So I've...