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• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 9 Feb 2013 23:01:44 -0800
  ...There are two pumps on the body of the tank. One is the same as that found on your Vanagon. The second pump is...
• Clean drinking water
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:21:50 -0400
  ...The pump is equipped with a pressure switch so when the pressure tank reaches 30 psi, the pump turns off. The pump also is...
• '81 Westy, fuel pump won't work.... why do I bother...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Wed, 26 May 1999 10:39:37 -0230
  ...The fuel pump on my '81 automatic has stopped working. When I run a wire from the battery to it, it works, so there...
• Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:34:04 -0500
  ...Replaced the pump, filter, pump connections, and short > > > sections of fuel line around the pump. > > > > > > New fuel pump seemed fine at first, but now...
• Re: 83 Sink's 12V water pump
  Historical mailing list - Bill/Lisa Protzek
  Sat, 06 Jul 1996 15:58:36 -0700
  john wakefield wrote: > > Also, in what interchangable years were these little submergable pumps > used? > Is there an inexpensive alternate source for acceptable replacements > beside...
• HELP I need the housing for my water pump
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:23:17 -0400
  ...Discovering that I need to remove the entire thermostat housing from the water pump housing( I couldn't get the thremostat cover past the...
• Re: Westy water tank pump
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:40:36 -0300
  ...Bought it from GoWesty and the pump was identical to the original (1991). Just unscrew the metal cover over the water tank and it...
• Leaking fuel-pump?
  Historical mailing list - Truls Erik Johnsen
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:26:38 +0200
  ...http://superelectric.net/transporter/0004.html This is his advice: "Looks like the mech fuel pump is leaking at the base. I'd go...
• Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Fri, 12 May 2006 12:14:05 +0100
  Hi folks, I'm repeating my fuel pump question as I think the original got lost in the E85 thread. Does anyone know the...
• How much noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:02:43 -0500
  is acceptable in a rebuilt power steering pump? I just installed a new pump on OL' Red, my 88GL daily driver, and the pump...
• Need help NOW, R&R Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - smko
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 11:14:40 -0400
  Can anyone help? Does the triple pully on the crank, center of the engin, have to be removed to replace the water pump? My...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 07:42:19 -0500
  It might be to cavitation, check the lines leading from your tank to the pump. Steven 82 Westy Manila Philippines ---------- > From: Erik R Simes...
• Re: Westy Sink Pump Inop
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:25:31 EDT
  When I bought my Westy the pump was shot. It seized up from what looked like years of hard water deposits clogging up the...
• Re: Water pump refit question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:48:29 -0400
  ...Water pump refit question With my Bus Depot water pump came a small plastic bag with a metal tube threaded on one end and...
• Re: Electric Water Pump (was: Re: Electric Vanagon? Now really useful tips..)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:02:33 -0500
  ...I have compared a new pump to an old one. The wear on the impeller blades is very evident . So an electric driven water...
• No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 1 Feb 2014 17:27:51 -0500
  ...Pumped & pumped & pumped, but no increase in pedal resistance. no sign of leaking @ clutch master or slave cylinders, & all worked well before leaving. Any...
• Whats that sound? My fuel pump!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Pattenden
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:05:43 -0700
  ...running, turns out its the fuel pump, is it normal to be able to hear the fuel pump? nice to have the list back...
• FS PS pump w/bracket and resevoir
  Historical mailing list - Brian Yonker
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:30:33 -0500
  I have a power steering pump with the mounting bracket and the resevoir and the hose that goes from the pump to the resevoir...
• Re: re diesel injection pumps
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:23:11 -0600
  It would be useful to record what timing settings people use when putting a 1.9 TD pump on a TDI block (and same...
• Re: yet another water pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:22:44 -0600
  > > Perked me up! I've been thinking about buying a water pump as a > spare. The > first one lasted about 150,000 miles before...
• Fuel pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:49:16 -0400
  My fuel pump is buzzing. Is it time for a replacement? Thanks, Bryan
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - - Melissa Puckett
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:50:17 EST
  116.00 for the fuel pump 200.00 for the entire van
• Re: oil pump failure? please help...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 May 2019 16:05:37 +0000
  ...As for the pump priming, the oil pump does a lousy job pumping air. Worse, it needs the oil film between the gear teeth...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:11:36 -0700
  Who is your mechanic? I would set up a fuel pump arrangement similar to the stock gas motor version with a plastic filter, a...
• Re: Installed VDO/PSI Gauge = oil light on at idle?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 03:07:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...No such thing as rebuilding a VW oil pump. But you can bring new life to the pump by removing the pump cover and...
• odd fuel pump question, 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:50:13 -0400
  Short version: ------------- In your collective experience, should the fuel pump ever feel warm to the touch, i.e. any warmer than the outside air...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:18:10 -0500
  My 84 gl has the square plastic kind between the tank and pump. It also has AC that the Bentley doesn't mention for...
• Re: Gas tank- fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:09:27 -0500
  ...Gas tank- fuel pump Hey all- remember I asked about a noisy fuel pump. Well, it did not stay quiet for long. It is...
• diesel vanagon part search
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Jan 1995 11:15:40 -0800
  ...The US ones have a cast aluminum oil pump pick up pipe that is integral with the oil pump cover. Unfortunately, when my old...
• Re: Disabling the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:27:47 -0800
  The fuel pump has two wires going to it, one to ground and one from the fuel pump relay. Running a pair of wires...
• Re: Shower Pump Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:19:50 -0700
  ...Shower Pump Question dave, i am unsure if i understand you correctly, but you want to have a continously running punp and block of...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 11 May 2009 18:52:18 -0700
  I'd say, "a new pump"...But I sometimes have a dumb habit of 'throwing parts at a problem". But you will then have...
• Re: Water pump test results
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 2 May 2016 15:24:48 -0700
  It is only early Westys that turn off the pump when the tank is too empty. These have a different kitchen led board with...
• Re: Disabling the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:25:39 -0800
  ...I suppose with the fuel pump kill switch in the kill position I should be able to play the radio with the ignition turned...
• Re: good new fuel tank source?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:41:53 -0400
  ...But the pump is definitely cavitating: I can see the pump spray air bubbles around the white plastic pre-pump filter, can hear the...
• Re: Water pump project -2.1L w/ AC- multi groove crank pulley
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:53:07 -0500
  ...Which serves the water pump and is it just one belt for the pump and something else, or is the water pump on a...
• Re: Water Pump/Thermostat Housing Question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:37:19 -0700
  New pump should be kinda stiff. O-rings should need no additional help. I usually coat them with a bit of personal lubricant, just...
• Re: Cooling oddities on 85 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:02:18 -0400
  ...All in favor of Brads diagnosis say "AYE" "AYE" All owners of said vehicle please say "AIEEE" The pumps can lose capacity through cavitation...
• Re: Mileage on a used water pump
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 13:07:40 -0500
  A well used pump is a failure simply waiting to happen......and more than likely it will fail at the most in-opportune time...
• Re: Sorting out mechanical issues 85
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 4 Sep 2022 16:26:48 +0000
  ...I bought an 84 Westy some years back with a real noisy pump. The guy who sold it to me told me he had...
• Re: Power Steering Pumps
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 3 Aug 2011 05:30:23 -0400
  John, I have rebuilt pumps in stock and the rebuilder is here in Ottawa. Turn around time is a few days. No problems here...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:01:56 -0500
  The round metal filter goes between the fuel pump and the engine. The white square filter goes between the fuel tank and fuel pump...
• Windshield Washer Pump Gremlins 87GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 19:29:59 -0500
  ...1) Washer pump completely silent when column switch pulled 2) 13.28 volts registering at the 2 pin jack to the washer pump when...
• vanagon fuel pump relay
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:18:10 EST
  ...Lisa's fuel pump relay may in fact be dead, but the symptoms hint at another possibility. The fuel pump is designed to be...
• Re: intermittent fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:22:21 -0700
  hi Mark, the fuel pumps I've priced out were not 400 bucks, closer to half that. They last just amazingly well. it's...
• Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:28:21 -0700
  ...The only caveat I can think of is to make sure the pump flows freely when it's not pumping - - try blowing through the...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:37:47 -0700
  ...Just covering all the bases. > > It seems like the water pump is not pumping the water up to the > radiator, Have you checked the...
• Re: 12V sink pump&switch (77 westy)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:23:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...Welcome! And good colour! > The 12V Sink pump and switch are completely shot, need new ones. > Any suggestions as to where to locate these...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - William Carden
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:47:06 -0400
  ...Removed the old, drop the fuel pump and taped the wider inlet side on the workbench. All kinds of dirt and red paint chips...
• Re: Rocky Mountain Motorworks sale -- need a water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Does anyone know the part number for the 1.9 l water pump. Would this one work? Thanks, Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "80 Westy...
• Re: water tank pump and freezing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:15:56 -0400
  At 06:36 PM 3/13/2011, Alistair Bell wrote: >I just filled my water tank and checked pump... it worked, phew. So >this...
• New replacement Bosch Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:59:17 -0800
  Howdy folks, Just got the final verdict on my current Bosch Fuel pump (011-243-044-09) and it appears I'll be replacing...
• Overheats after water pump change?
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Gatlin
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:12:42 EDT
  I just had the water pump changed and now my engine overheats, I have had the system rebled by a different compentent VW mechanic...
• wiring for water pump and level indicator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 18:34:08 -0400
  ...What I need to know is the proper wiring connections for the pump and indicator for an '82 Westy. For the pump I have...
• Re: Suggestion, Re: Checking a Radiator.
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 17:44:12 +1000
  ...Just reading this thread abut fitting two pumps on the coolant loop. Trouble is I believe that this may set up cavitation in the...
• Re: Coolant Rising Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:39:37 EST
  ...the bolt punctured the engine case at one of the pump fastener tappings" ? Rich
• Re: Looking for water supply pump
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 14:31:37 -0600
  ...I have an 89 Westy Syncro and looking for a water supply pump replacement. Does anyone have a substitut? Sounds like you're talking...
• Re: oil pump change in the van??
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:16:16 -0800
  I hate to say this but you will be wasting your time changing the oil pump, It's the bearings that need changing so...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:02:59 -0500
  ...My 83 Westy has the filter before the pump, I've seen later models with a large canister filter after the pump (can't...
• Re: different fuel filter #s for 83.5 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 18 May 2006 08:38:54 -0400
  ...But a GMC Savanna fuel pump assembly costs $700 from the dealer. In 2003 my 2001 Ford Focus had a recall on the "pump...