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• Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:55:47 -0600
  ...Maybe it is for before the fuel pumpt? It's a square >> >plastic white one and my current fuel filter is like a fat...
• Re: Fuel pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:55:39 -0500
  Hi Geza, Fuel starvation makes the pump heat up, as it is not being cooled by the fuel flowing through it. At the same...
• Re: Curious incident of the fuel pump that did not whine in the night
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 07:40:02 -0700
  ...The one on the right (closest to vehicle centre) is the fuel > pump relay. Swap the two relays. If the pump runs it is...
• Re: Heads replaced, starts and runs crappy. Two questions.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:39:22 -0400
  ...Also you can prime them (pump them up) before putting them in by submerging them in oil and then using a push rod to...
• Re: Broken Fuel Pump - Was: Fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:46:21 -0800
  ...Broken Fuel Pump - Was: Fuel pump > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Stephen Grisanti > <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Then there are...
• Re: Auxilliary waterpump for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:51:41 -0400
  ...The Aux coolant pump pushes hot coolant under pressure into the heater core providing needed hot coolant regardless of water pump RPM. I installed...
• Arrrgh!! No start, no fuel pump sound!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:28:26 -0500
  ...Then I took time ot listent for the pump, before turning the ignition to "start" - no sound. Removed the little screw in the "T...
• Re: Eurovan Timing Belt/Waterpump Seize
  Historical mailing list - Ken and Charlotte Miller
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 18:29:34 -0400
  Did the waterpump seize without warning? I had a Honda that had a noisy pump that got progressively worse. When the noise stopped the...
• Re: screech upon starting
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:23:49 EST
  ...Once I pulled the defective pump, it was obvious what had gone down. I imagine you should check your water pump for excessive axial...
• Re: Homemade aerator for Westfalia faucet
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:51:39 -0400
  > why not just put a little voltage regulator in the 12v pump circuit? To slightly choke off water flow on a '77 Westy I...
• Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Erik R Simes
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:24:37 -0400
  Does a hissing/buzzing fuel pump mean its time to replace it?. Any advice would be appreciated.
• Re: Horror of horrors-coolant puddle!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:51:19 -0800
  ...Upon closer inspection, I can see it is coming from the T-stat housing/water pump connection. There is no drip from the pump...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:32:50 -0700
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > mbucchino@CHARTER.NET writes: > > I reiterate, if you don't want a catastrophic water pump failure, replace > the water pump. No...
• Re: Bus won't start after winter storage
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:53:27 -0400
  So you don't know if you have voltage at the pump. It could be seized. Maybe I just have rotten luck, but any...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:14:14 -0700
  ...set up a fuel pump arrangement similar to the stock gas motor > version with a plastic filter, a Bosch pump and a metal pressurized...
• Re: 85 Westy Fuel Pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Laurenzano
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:36:57 -0400
  Just wanted to follow up and let everyone know that I changed the fuel filter and the buzzing of the pump went away. Hopefully...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 1 May 2006 07:50:01 -0500
  I would start by using a meter to monitor the voltage across the pump terminals while someone else starts the van. If you are...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:46:34 -0400
  ...Likewise, a correctly running pump cannot be heard from inside with the engine running, while the cavitating pump is clearly audible. I'm embarrassed...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:50:50 -0700
  On my I4 conversion I have the big silver barrel shaped filter after the pump and the small plastic box shaped filter before the...
• Re: fuel fear
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:46:28 -0600
  yes, if the fuel pump is disconnected it will stop the flow of fuel. do yourself a favor and use the fuel between pump...
• No start
  Historical mailing list - Grant Johnson
  Wed, 25 May 2016 23:56:00 -0700
  ...I didn't hear the fuel pump priming when I turned the key, and swapping the relays did nothing. Because the fuel pump looked...
• Fuel Pump to Canister Filter Fuel Hose Size?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:59:20 -0400
  ...I'm underneath the bus looking at a fuel pump replacement job. I want to replace that short piece of fuel line between the...
• [f] Pumpernickel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:49:03 -0600
  I'll let you all read the details (some are pretty interesting) but I found out this evening after buying a loaf that Pumpernickel...
• Re: Cost of fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 08:40:20 +0000
  If you're messing with the fuel system anyway, measure the output of the fuel pump. 500 cm3/30 sec = 1 liter/min minimum...
• Re: [Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:08:54 MST
  Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA> wrote: > parts catalogue shows electric pump fitted on the turbo diesel syncro. > Is it the MAIN pump or an...
• Re: Diesel injection pump setting
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:33:53 -0800
  ...writes: > > << (86 degrees according to the > manual). >> > the pump is not set this way..it's set by pump plunger stroke vs. TDC > > steve
• External domestic water pump, was Re: Hey, I so excited
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 May 2015 19:09:18 -0700
  The noise is what I see as the common complaint of external pumps, diaphragm pumps. I'm guessing it has a lot to do...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM **SOLVED**
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:47:47 -0700
  ...I guess the best one can do (as Jeff did) is bump the pump to get debris out. Or would there be any benefit...
• Re: off list and sink pump
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 2 May 1999 09:54:14 -0700
  Let's see, Water Pumps going bad: Are you leaving water in the tank to freeze? That will kill a pump pronto. Wiring Problems...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:02:12 -0400
  ...Your 1.6 pump was manufactured for your application. 2 different apps, 2 different pump settings. How interchangeable? That's up to your injection...
• Re: E85 & fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Mon, 8 May 2006 22:42:16 +0100
  ...John did mention the fuel pump however, which raises a question: what is the operating pressure of the pump? I ask because my pump...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:08:15 -0400
  ...Basically if the engine stops the fuel pump will not pump. >When the engine is being cranked the fuel pump will pump because the...
• Vanagon fuel filter mod for my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sat, 6 Apr 2019 17:11:07 -0400
  ...https://photos.app.goo.gl/UM1j71P4RbYMcifa9 I really wanted to have the filter before the pump, to help avoid crap getting into the pump...
• Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 30 May 1998 00:17:23 -0700
  At 05:52 PM 5/29/98 -0700, you wrote: >Lately my 1988 Double Cab requires me to pump my brake pedal once so...
• Problems with Water in 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kristopher B.
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:41:34 -0400
  ...the pump is pumping, I even went to the pump, disconnected the hose, there's water coming through there (maybe not strong enough?), but...
• Used Fuel Pumps
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:57:56 -0800
  I've been pulling fuel pumps off wrecks as they are quite expensive from VW, and even the VW parts stores around San Diego...
• Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:41:24 -0500
  On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, John Rodgers wrote: > Some applications of used equipment are penny wise, pound foolish. > > Installing a used fuel pump is...
• sink pump and water filter
  Historical mailing list - John Middelkoop
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:25:16 -0500
  Bently says a 1985 has a pump under the raised floor section under the sink ( dry pump), my 85 had the submersible pump in...
• Re: subject Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:22:55 -0700
  Old tank = rust and crud which clog the filter and make the pump work harder to draw fuel. I think. Mike On 3/16...
• sink...getting frustrating now
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 Nov 96 13:49:40 EST
  Hello all, Well, I thought today I would go and try to find a new pump for my sink. Spent a LONG time driving...
• Re: HELP WATER IN MY TANK!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:52:06 -0700
  ...Remove the fuel line at the injection pump and attach to inlet of fuel pump. Place hose from pump outlet into gas can and...
• Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:00:10 -0400
  ...I've got an '85 with the pre-pump filter, I've got a receipt showing a gas tank replacement in 98 (before I...
• Re: Oil pump filters [T1]
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 96 12:05:30 +0200
  ...The pumps leak between pumpbody and case, they have flow problems due to the small area in which their designers had to fit all...
• Re: noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 06:44:55 -0400
  ...noisy fuel pump The fuel pump on B. Bones was excessively noisy, so I robbed the almost silent fuel pump off of Long John...
• Re: Water Pump/Thermostat Housing Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:55:18 -0400
  New water pumps will be a little stiff. The seal is a friction type part. It will loosen once wet and run for a...
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:25:48 -0700
  ...Really has nothing to do with pumping air; > >it's just not pumping much of anything. > > I ... don't ...think ... so... > > In simplest terms...
• Re: power steering groaning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:03:15 -0500
  While it is possible for some groans to come from the rack most of the time they originate from the pump. Worn vanes or...
• Re: Two fuses behind driver seat?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:32:56 -0400
  Hi Dennis and others, List Success! New water pump is humming when turned on. I’ll finish replacing but clearly it was as simple...
• Re: Aux coolant pump for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:39:01 -0800
  At 09:10 PM 02/03/2000 EST, you wrote: >Hello >I started doing a search for an aux coolant pump and I found...
• Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:32:18 -0800
  ...It's great to have a spare fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator and ECU to try. I might even rig my own fuel pump...
• Re: Water Pump // Alternator Belt problem
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 24 May 2008 19:08:53 -0700
  ...Maybe you can shim the water pump pulley out so that it matches better with the others. Maybe you have the wrong ( ie 1...
• Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:06:16 -0300
  We drove through Oregon a few summers ago and pumped our own fuel. We stopped at a truck-stop, are there different rules for...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 12 May 2009 07:57:17 -0400
  ...Turns out the PO/Tech had run a wire from > terminal 15 on the coil directly to the pump. So ignition on, pump on...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 1 May 2006 19:24:50 -0400
  Also check the fuel pump out put pressure with a gauge not hard and will let you know the status of your pump asap...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:01:48 -0400
  ...not to mention the fact that the pump has a non-replaceable metal mesh strainer screen inside the inlet. If you pump is loud...
• Re: Bus Depot: Pierburg Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:04:21 -0700
  ...My fuel pump >> was a Bosch. My fuel filter was about 2-months old. I decided to research >> fuel pump options with a focus...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:21:53 -0700
  Well, so far, with the followups on what to pour into the fuel pump to keep the internals lubricated the list as follows: WD40...
• 85 vanagon; Water Pump Leak
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Rios
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:30:44 EST
  ...I have the new H20 pump and gaskets. (Oring for pump, gasket between pump and lower cross over tube, and gasket where water outlet...
• Re: Westy Tap
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 23 May 2022 15:51:13 -0700
  ...Just leave the original wire connected in the tight space and use the old pump wire as a extension. Then connect the new pump...
• Re: Buzzing fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:22:55 -0400
  ...Buzzing fuel pump > > Hi all, > > 87 Westy, on a trip. Fuel pump is buzzing. Replaced original Bosch that > was also buzzing loudly 5 months...