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Re: Oil Leak Question
Historical mailing list - The corruptor
Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:07:35 -0500
...http://www.benplace.com/engine/distributor_screw.jpg # 2 hole on the picture below http://www.benplace.com/water_pump.htm In this picture...
Re: heating project..
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:07:55 -0500
...Water pump pumps water through the system so that added routing would have coolant supplied but that Abel. On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at...
RE: Pla-Cool Air Cooler?
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Wed, 03 Apr 1996 15:11:00 -0800 (PST)
...Anyone have experience with these things? Does it circulate >water (that intriguing "pump" switch)? If so, where do you put the water in? >What...
Re: Oil Pump Leak Advice
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:08:15 -0800
Greg, an old trick to getting a prime with type 1 engines, is Vaseline. Pack it into the pump, and it will prime right...
Re: Alternative Vanagon heaters - Zodi's, Tankless Water Heaters
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:52:00 -0700
...pumps, and > shutoff valves and quick disconnects at the point where the plumbing > entered and left the bus. System was filled with water and...
Re: 2 Westy questions
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:09:50 -0700
...I left the water in there and 5 days later I got my replacement pump. >When installing it I noticed that the old pump...
83 Vanagon For sale
Historical mailing list - Phillip M. Kenney
Sun, 06 Jul 1997 09:48:37 -0600
...New fuel pump, water pump, alternator, master & slave clutch cyl, all within the last year. I'm in the Denver CO area and would...
Cooling System failure Prevention Idea.
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 15:00:53 -0400
...Also the water pump is required to provide adequate coolant flow water pump operates over a very wide operating range engine rpm. It would...
Re: 007 smoke screen / battery light - TROUBLE!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:12:28 -0400
...When the AC lost power, the alternator and water pump was no longer driven. Without water flow, the temp gauge is almost useless as...
VW reman engine.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:59:17 -0400
...No water pump. I'll let everyone know how it runs. Dennis
Re: Coolant question
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 07:41:11 -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: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:19:27 -0700
...there also could be a smaller square plastic bodied filter upstream of pump. Back in 94 when I swapped a I4 gas engine into...
'84 California water-cooled fuel probs
Historical mailing list - Jeff Tribble
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:07:59 EDT
...the tank and the pump (on California water-cooled's, the fuel filter is between the pump and the engine... seems odd). I still...
Cleaning the gas tank
Historical mailing list - Per Martin Joraholmen
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:40:45 +0200
...Cranked the engine till it started. Mounted the filer and the pump in its place. I do hope this might save others hours of...
Re: 86 syncro I-4 swap
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 1 Jun 2003 23:49:04 -0700
...Mom's '87 Jetta has 152,000 on the original engine-no head gasket change here yet-not even a water pump , PS pump...
Re: Compression Numbers (in advance of head job)
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:34:07 -0700
Just change gaskets and water pump and some of those small hoses around the water pump. One day job. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike...
Re: VW Water Pump specifications
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 21:01:34 EST
...installed in my old 80 vanagon! Water pumps? they are pretty much over capacity for the engine..Ditto the cooling systems..The one I...
Re: Can Germans make a decent two stoke engine?
Historical mailing list - robot .
Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:04:41 PST
...part wears out? > >Joe > Hook it to a sump pump base for a water pump for your Westy... (required vanagon content) tim _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your...
Re: Temp gauge problems too
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:08:19 -0400
...water pump....... i drive mine but with caution.......as i dont know if the water is circulating through the radiator to the engine or...
Last call for Factory 2.1 liter waterboxer engines....
Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
Tue, 11 May 2004 10:15:24 -0400
Hey all, A friend of mine has 24 2.1 liter waterboxer engines straight from south africa. He is selling them to vanagon.com...
Re: 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:39:35 -0400
...water pump and cooling system plumbing, crappy head gasket design, hard to diagnose FI problems etc. In the past I've installed Subaru engines...
Re: vw vanagonoil spray
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:10:39 -0700
...however, >a failed water pump on a rebuilt 1.6 diesel with 12k on it >forced me to replace the engine. I did so...
Window seals and other things
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:39:26 -0500
...water pump, new oil cooler seal, new water pump and oil cooler related hoses, stainless coolant distributor tower, new thermostat tower, new engine harness...
Re: Fuel pump on for one second normal w/key to "ign." position?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:11:43 -0700
...When > cranking, the pump will pump and continue to do so if the engine runs. > > Question: > > is it "normal" for the FP to run...
Re: head gaskets, my turn
Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:31:13 -0700
...and there was a >>> 'clunk' from the engine, followed by a loud squeal. Guess the water >>> pump >>> gave up the ghost, conveniently at home...
Re: Oil mist/ leak on rear hatch and back of motor
Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:57:59 -0500
...of engine refurbish to replace H20 pump, and that hard metal coolant line that runs from right bank cylinder head to water pump (looking...
Re: engine swap overheat
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Sun, 25 May 2014 04:42:00 -0700
...and point it at the metal parts around the thermostat (near water-pump). The farm is worth it and exotic coolant hoses are more...
Damage to case behind flywheel. Interesting...
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:46:42 -0500
...Any ideas? --tabe johnson xtabe@yahoo.com '87 Westy, Vancouver BC PS - a photo of the water pump drip (from my previous post) is...
resealing heads... what else should i do? rings?
Historical mailing list - Matthew
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:03:24 -0800
...what else should i do while in there? I will be doing the engine seals, all seals i can easily get to, water pump...
Re: Possible...Overheating
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400
Without the water pump the gauge is almost useless. No water flow to the sensor so the gauge will not respond until you make...
Re: Bluestar =?windows-1252?Q?project=85no_start_yet?=
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 11 May 2013 14:32:12 -0700
The fuel pick-up is in a sump at the bottom of the tank. ( I often run waterboxer engines on a whole separate tank...
85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it?
Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:06:54 -0400
...engine out.?? Going with a VW Canada remanufacture, new water pump and new clutch disc (cause the main seal had failed on old engine...
Re: Engine detailing...like from the Craigslist guys
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:55:48 -0800
...garden spray bottle filled with hot/warm water, pump it up and spray the whole engine, insisting on the dirtiest area. Or use a...
Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:23:42 -0500
...I removed both radiator hoses in the engine bay(those two thick ones), and I do get water coming from the engine side on...
HELP NEEDED - Cooling System Flushing
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 02:16:28 -0500
...I tried the bike pump technique several times, first with the engine bleeder valve open, and then with it closed. Continued pumping of the...
Re: '83 H2O head gasket advice needed (long)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:15:31 -0400
...This is especially a prblem at low speeds since the water pump is not pumping water fast enough to gat any water to flow...
Water pump O ring replacement
Historical mailing list - David Hicks
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:17:03 EST
...side of the engine and goes into the waterpump. The leak was at the waterpump. Purchased a new o'ring and gasket for a...
Re: Overheating on 1985 Westie
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:47:15 -0400
...In effect, the only time I really had an effective water pump was when the engine revs were up as that was the only...
Re: [T2] 85 Westy Vanagon question
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:03:17 -0400
...leak on the water pump and one of the hoses. I don't anything about Vanagons, only that the engines had a very bad...
Re: Yeah! It's a water pump weekend! (questions of course)
Historical mailing list - Roland
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:37:28 -0700
...up the energy and time to do the water pump. So during that time the engine cover was off, I thought this was good...
Re: NVC- Rabbit won't start
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:54:31 EST
...jumpers on the fuel pump and have it run all the time (remove them when you stop the engine). You can drive the car...
index of tech bulletins affecting vanagons
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 17 Apr 94 01:35:27 CDT
...in waterboxer extreme cold Water-cooled 1983-85 19-87-02 Engine Coolant leaking and/or noise Vanagon from rear water pump Water-cooled...
Re: 1.9 td swap into diesel Westy
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 17 May 1998 17:10:07 -0700
...It mounts to the studs holding the water pump to the block where as the old engine used bolts through both pieces. An extra...
Re: Alternative Vanagon heaters - Zodi's, Tankless Water Heaters
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:22:59 -0800
...pumps, and > > shutoff valves and quick disconnects at the point where the plumbing > > entered and left the bus. System was filled with water and...
Hot water system thoughts
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:34:56 -0800
...Use the engine to heat the water. I originally thought of one of those extra "grey" water or other tanks mounted between the beams...
Re: vw vanagonoil spray
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 06:48:29 -0700
...however, > a failed water pump on a rebuilt 1.6 diesel with 12k on it > forced me to replace the engine. I did so...
Re: engine cleaning do's and don'ts?
Historical mailing list - Shiva Polefka
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:21:24 -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: Thermostats [Was: Spooked!]
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:47:39 -0700
...To me, the downside of a 7 degree Celsius cooler engine in winter is 7 degree C cooler water available for the heater! -- RJS...
new engine & bleeding
Historical mailing list - jim&kim
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:58:33 -0700
...Is there no harm to the engine starting it up dry? Does the water pump circulate the coolant so fast as to make my...
Re: HELP quick pls.
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 13:00:10 EST
...A pressurizing pump is attached to the expansion tank, pumped up to a certain psi, and then if the needle doesn't drop within...
Re: testing a water pump...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:29:52 -0700
...The previous owner claimed to have had the engine rebuilt, but there's no telling either when that was or whether the water pump...
Re: Power steering question
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:23:24 -0600
...Simply remove the drive belt on the pump or cut it. Leave the pump in place to keep dirt, debris, and water out of...
Re: Coolant question
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:09:44 -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: '87 Westy water pump/fridge relay ?
Historical mailing list - David Garth
Sun, 25 Jun 1995 20:56:45 -0700 (PDT)
...Its > the thing that turns off the radio, lights, fan etc when you crank the engine. > I didn't know that there is an...
Re: Diesel Maint-Timing Belts and Pulleys?
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 06:15:54 -0800
...I've heard water pump, > tensioner pulley, idler pulley, and maybe even the > front engine oil/grease seal. Thanks.
WTB: used starter, coolant pipe 88 GL
Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
Sat, 5 May 2007 12:30:40 -0400
...large one that goes forward from the water pump on the driver's side of the engine. I'm in Brooklyn NY, if anyone...
Re: Transmission cooler
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:43:38 -0400
...Transmission cooler What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? The engine oil...
Re: '87 Vanagon Thermostat?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 03:32:10 UT
...At high engine speed, the pump moves enough water so that the radiator can still provide some cooling. Back at idle, most of the...
Re: Cooling problems / engine swap
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:37:07 -0700
...I've replace the >radiator, removed the thermostat, replaced the water pump, flushed air out >of the system, and checked for leaks but can...
Re- more Q's on the TDI
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
6 Jun 1996 14:25:56 -0700
...Again, it gets back to imposing stress (in this case thermal from cold water and a warm/hot injection pump) that can dimensionally stress...