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Re: Wheel Cleaner Spray Bottle Rant
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:14:40 -0500
...This new pump spray >bottle worked for only a couple of applications before >the pump sprayer quit also. > >Possible conclusions: > >1. I am the...
Re: Addendum Re: FaUcet's water pump
Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:29:59 -0500
Turns out that the pump is getting power, it's just that the PO had well water and the hard water has left enough...
Re: No water--faulty submersible pump?
Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:24:29 -0500
My pump is working, as I posted earlier, but I noticed when the tank had water in it, only the red indicator light was...
Re: Weeping water pump and driver
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:30:54 -0400
...As an aside, this pump was about half the price of the pump I bought three years ago from the same dealer here in...
Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:28:16 -0400
At 03:27 PM 4/21/2010, Pat Sloan wrote: >There is a universal fuel pump available, which does both the pulling (from >the...
Re: Cooling oddities on 85 GL
Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
Tue, 12 Dec 1995 22:23:33 4
...I doubt that the water pump could stop pumping unless the impeller is breaking apart, and you'd probably hear that. I could buy...
Re: New adapter plate: DIY Engine Conversions
Historical mailing list
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 07:31:34 EDT
About the oil pump. Actually with my conversion, using the diesel stuff, all I had to do was to put the pickup tube on...
Re: WAS: diesel 2 gas swap. IS: engine on side & oil flow
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Wed, 19 May 1999 16:16:06 +0200
...engine on its side give adverse issues to the oil > pump The oil pump uses a special pickup tube, completely different than the one...
fuel pump relay?
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:36:33 -0800
Can someone please describe exactly where the fuel pump relay is located on my 90 Westy Syncro? I'm installing a car alarm and...
power steering pump
Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:02:43 -0800
Hello- Anyone know if the vanagon power steering will become very heavy if the power steering pump's output pressure is degraded by like...
Noisy Fuel Pump - '84 Westy
Historical mailing list - Steve Russell
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:55:06 -0700
Hey Volks, Fuel pump recently started making a funny buzzing sound after I drive the van for 20-25 minutes. I searched the archives...
Re: how much psi does the fuel pump produce at the pump
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 13 May 2005 12:51:02 -0700
The pump is capable of nearly 100 but the pressure regulator should keep it in the 30-35 psi range. Mark Mark Cumnock wrote...
Fuel pump pressure
Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:12:31 -0400
Does anyone know what the output pressure on the stock Bosch and/or standard replacements for the fuel pump is? I'd like to...
Power steering pump rebuild kit?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:24:23 -0500
Anybody have a link to a power steering pump rebuild kit? Thanks, Jim
water tank pump
Historical mailing list - Sidney White
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:29:05 EST
can someone help with making the electrical connections to install new pump submerged in tank?
Re: Fuel Pump Alternative
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 17 May 2010 18:51:55 -0400
Hi The Fuel pump that 1st failed was OEM Bosch on my vanagon but it was making noise even with a New filter and...
Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:47:17 EST
...Pump levers..there is a "slot" in the end of the pump lever shaft..you marked the lever in relation to that slot...didn...
Re: Vanagon Gas Tank/Fuel System measurements
Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
Tue, 11 May 2010 14:22:29 -0400
Why does the filter go after the pump? On my '85, the white plastic filter was between the tank and pump. I put the...
Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
Historical mailing list - jesse and monica johnson
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:45:23 -0700
yup understand Mark but i don't get the 2 second prime on the fuel pump when i flip the key to the one...
"wobble" pump
Historical mailing list
Mon, 16 May 94 10:34:52 MST
...I have a question about the sink water pump that is described as a "wobble" pump in the camper part of the owner's...
Re: Westy shower
Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:48:02 -0700
...Anyone have a used pump and sink > spicket? Why exactly are you needing a second pump? If I'm not mistaken, it seems you...
Re: head repair and water pump
Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:23:49 -0400
Last year I changed my heads and a month later my water pump went bad. Since you are draining the coolant & bleeding the system...
Van quit in Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:28:52 -0500
...She is currently in Alamogordo New Mexico (the van is in Cloudcroft) looking for a new fuel pump. She called last night and said...
Diesel Westy Water pump replacement.
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:55:10 -0700
...Confirmed drips from water pump shaft through running a few times with a white cardboard under. This must be why it doesn't keep...
Re: If the water pump or thermostat is broken?
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:56:46 -0500
...If by any bad chance the pump would completely failed (mechanicaly break), the belt would slip or break, the alternator light would go on...
Re: '88 Westy Bucking / Stalling
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:49:26 -0700
The '88 fuel tank might have filter screens but won't have a "factory" pre pump filter. The Bosch pump should have a relatively...
Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:41:07 -0400
At 04:15 PM 8/18/2012, David Bartolini wrote: >Now I don't mean to interfere, my fuel pump has had a whine...
Re: power steering pump
Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:06:54 -0800
I rebuilt my PS pump a while ago and I did notice it to take some time to break in the seals. It was...
Re: Fuel Pump Failure - trouble shoot & repair (if Possible)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:56:05 -0700
Another type solvent for gummed-up pumps, carbs, fuel tanks, etc is to pour out the crap and put in some fresh gasoline with...
Re: Water tank pump dead
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:48:55 EDT
The following information might be helpful before replacing the pump. Recently, the evening before leaving on a long trip in my vanagon, I put...
Re: 82' Diesel 1.6 NA Injector leakage
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:46:01 -0700
...82' Diesel 1.6 NA Injector leakage Dennis, Does this injector pump leakage mean I need a rebuilt? Or can the pump get a...
Re: fuel pump noise
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:18:39 -0700
...I had the filters replaced first, but > the noise (kind of a loud buzzing from the pump > vicinity) persisted. As the pump looked like...
Re: fuel tank <-> pump diameter mismatch
Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:30:26 -0500
...does anyone know offhand what the inner diameters of the fuel pump inlet and the fuel tank outlet? I've got some 7mm fuel...
Re: No fuel pressure options?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:30:08 -0700
Agreed, though it is not very often necessary at times you need to let air out so the dry pump can get a prime...
Re: E85 & fuel pumps
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Mon, 8 May 2006 16:10:34 -0700
...what is > the operating pressure of the pump? I ask because my pump is groaning and > I'd like to have a spare on...
Re: Fuel filter redux once more again repeated etc
Historical mailing list - Austin
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:30:05 -0700
I installed a glass tube see/thru filter between the tank & pump - meant to flow for 4bbl V-8's so it not a...
intermittent fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:27:01 -0400
...Has anyone experienced an intermittent problem with their fuel pump? Sometimes it pumps (that little buzzing sound when the keys are turned over), sometimes...
Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] RE: [DIESEL] [Diesel] Injector Pump isleaking...
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:17:56 -0700
...I just replaced > mine last month.>>> > > Where do you get seals and other parts for Bosch injection pump > repairs? At a Bosch pump repair...
Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:19:41 -0600
Entity Anonymous Digest spoke thus: > I stand in amazement that any engineer at any level, would put the fuel filter > AFTER the pump. <blahblahblah...
Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 4 Mar 2014 04:05:23 -0600
...on, listen for pump, look for lights, then > start the engine. The Jetta Motronic engine management primes the fuel > pump *very* briefly. Like 1...
Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:41:11 -0400
At 01:17 PM 7/23/2013, neil n wrote: >Of the two spare pumps I have, each has a screen at the inlet...
Re: Oil Pump Questions - Bottom "gear post" creep?
Historical mailing list - Fjazzbass
Tue, 9 Aug 2016 22:20:41 -0400
...This pump is the same as used on the VW air-cooled engines and oil pump pullers can be had for less than $10...
Re: fuel pump straining and hose leaking question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:01:46 -0700
a restricted fuel filter would explain the leak between filter and pump. The system runs at a regulated 34 psi or so. 'if' you...
Re: 87 still not starting, need fuel pump advice
Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:43:04 -0500
Well, I just pulled the fuel pump off and bench tested it. It seems to work at times, but other times just "bumps" but...
had a no start situation today
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:44:15 -0700
...Noticed no fuel pump noise with ign on (and my van does cycle fuel pump with ign on.) Looked in the engine compartment with...
Re: Fuel pump is not running
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sun, 23 May 2010 17:00:30 -0700
...Next I'd rig a wire with an alligator clip to a meter and see if the pump is getting power when you turn...
Re: HELP! 82 Westy Water tank pump
Historical mailing list - David Feldstein
Wed, 30 May 2001 22:22:20 EDT
...The other aspect of the problem is a sticky pump. If the van sits for a while, the impeller of the pump sticks, causing...
Vanagon 2.0 oil pump alternatives
Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:06:22 -0500
I have misplaced my oil pump for my air cooled engine project. I have seen some parts houses advertising a beetle or Melling pump...
Oil leak from rear - oil pump gaskets
Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil leak from rear - oil pump gaskets
September 30, 1987
...Oil seepage from the oil pump on 1.9L water-cooled engines is caused by gaskets which are not fully compressed. * Replace the oil...
Water Pump replacement
Historical mailing list - chrism
Sat, 1 May 1999 19:07:23 -0500
A 13mm socket with a universal joint and extention will get the bottom pump nut off. This was posted several months ago. A 6mm...
water pump
Historical mailing list - Leon
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 22:56:45 -0700
Listees, Looking for original working water pump (Westfalia water container variety) older style that was outside of container.If any of you has it...
Re: Bus won't start after winter storage
Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:26:45 -0400
...Checked for voltage on the fuel pump and found nothing. Replaced the fuel pump relay and the other one beside it and still nothing...
Re: water pump
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:29:00 -0400
...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: Fridge "pops" when I try to light it but.....
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:17:39 -0400
...Pump with the air pump, then push the button and continue pumping with spark. Often helps to run the reefer on 110 for an...
Re: Alternative to stock Vanagon fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:38:22 -0400
In addition to that, I would like to know if there are any in-line water pumps that perform close to stock., ed: sorry...
Re: Leaking Vanagon fuel pump case?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:12:59 -0800
...Leaking Vanagon fuel pump case? Hello, anyone ever heard of a leaking Vanagon ,Bosh fuel pump? I mean leaking at the connector section.Not...
Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:32:20 -0800
...water pump leak in ocean springs, MS? Man, I am sorry to hear that you water pump has gone bad in a 1.9...
Re: oil pump removal
Historical mailing list - John
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:54:56 -0500
...Because the pump is such a tight fit, don't expect to see a > >big movement of the pump as you pry each side...
Re: Whoa fuel pump is noisy!
Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:52:04 -0500
Hey Jeff, GENERALLY speaking, fuel pumps are quite robust. I'm inclined to guess something is clogging the intake (water, rust, whatever), especially because...
Re: How loud is your fuel pump?
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:25:19 -0800
...After the engine began to start only when it was cold, a pressure test showed that the pump should be replaced. > The rebuilt pump...