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• Re: 85 water pump [was: 102mph - Turbo vs. 6-cylinder]
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 23 May 2007 09:45:22 -0700
  ...to do a water pump on a nice 85, i rarely do those with the engine still > in the engine bay... it took me...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:39:01 -0500
  ...Water pump? The poster does not mention what year van or model of engine. Apparently the water pump change is easier on the 2...
• Re: Water Pump-High mileage engines!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:17:56 -0800
  ...Investigation revealed the water pump about to let loose. Only time I've ever replaced the water pump was when the engine was out...
• Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 02:18:16 -0400
  ...1)- Before I change my defective and noisy water pump ( http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/water_pump.htm ), she was still "cooling" my engine...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:46:40 -0500
  ...Water pump? > >The poster does not mention what year van or model of engine. Apparently >the >water pump change is easier on the 2...
• Re: replacements for phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:54:24 -0500
  The water pump seal consist mainly of a carbon (or other material) ring turning against some type of metal surface under spring tension. It...
• Water Pump drip -- bad?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:43:32 -0500
  ...There's a small amount of blue coolant residue below the drip hole on the water pump. Since the engine is out of the...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:55:47 -0800
  ...Water pump? The poster does not mention what year van or model of engine. Apparently the water pump change is easier on the 2...
• Re: water pump bearing noise
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:20:49 -0800
  ...water pump bearing noise hi all, could a water pump make bearing noise (clatter noise) - or alternator bearing - only when the engine is cold...
• '82 diesel water pump belt adjustment woes
  Historical mailing list - Henry Jackson
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:23:28 -0800
  ...I first smiled at the ingenious way the VW engineers figured out how to adjust the water pump fixed solidly to the block with...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Jun 1995 22:39:08 -0500 (CDT)
  ...A mechanic explained that because water is heavier, it puts the pump under strain. Moreover, water doesn't lubricate as well as gasoline. Hence...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 24 Aug 94 10:10:08 CDT
  ...engine. if it is the water pump making the noise, then the loudest (and clearest through the tube) will be right round the pump...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 6 May 2007 23:32:53 -0700
  ...Hm could be the water pump, even though I do not hear any noise. The engine just sounds great! One thing is after replacing...
• Re: My writeup on removing and replacing the 2.1l Vanagon water pump
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 6 Aug 2013 23:14:53 -0700
  ...and replacing the 2.1l Vanagon Water Pump .... > Remove the power steering, AC belts. > Loosen the water pump/alternator belt and remove it. .... > > Remove...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:17:06 -0800
  ...Investigation revealed the water > pump about to let loose. Only time I've ever replaced the water pump was > when the engine was out...
• Overheating; I4 Jetta conv; water pump ( a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:38:29 -0700
  ...Hear hiss of air when warm engine is turned off. Noticed water coming from the water pump housing when engine running ( remember this is...
• Re: Alt./water pump belt tension: hot v.s. cold ?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 00:43:54 -0400
  ...this pump >going as long as possible. > Also, thanks to everyone who gave tips on engine cleaning, it really >made the water pump job...
• Screeming sound
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:39:39 -0800
  Hi to all, I have just put an older engine in with new water pump, into a 1.9 van. Although not immediately, but...
• Re: Alternator Bearings?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:41:46 -0500
  Remove the water pump belt. You stand at the rear of the van, engine hatch open, and have someone else starte the engine and...
• Re: Water pumps...Seattle area
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:40:19 -0800
  ...either water pump will fit on either block. In order to need a 2.1 waterpump on a 2.1 engine block in an...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:37:47 -0700
  ...engine is running? This sounds a bit stupid. Just covering all the bases. > > It seems like the water pump is not pumping the water...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Re: HELP WATER IN MY TANK!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:39:31 -0400
  ...Loosen fuel lines at injectors and crank engine until you have no bubbles and no sign of water. (You can leave the electric pump...
• Replacing motor mounts 84 wb- Help!!!
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Sun, 27 May 2001 15:05:14 -0700
  ...That's the one that is hiding beneath the water pump pulley. What should I do? Can I tilt the engine enough with the...
• My writeup on removing and replacing the 2.1l Vanagon water pump
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:30:57 -0400
  ...Now remove the three nuts that are holding the water pump to the engine case. Pull the pump straight away from the engine to...
• Re: Water Pump-High mileage engines!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:07:26 -0800
  ...Investigation revealed the > water > pump about to let loose. Only time I've ever replaced the water pump was > when the engine was out...
• Re: 12 volts in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:32:42 -0400
  ...I had planned to tap into the wires that go to my Westy kitchen water reservoir water pump, and run wires back from there...
• Re: ENGINE LOSING POWER....HELP
  Historical mailing list - Sam Johnson
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:34:43 -0500
  ...water temperature sender on water pump housing). If this is bad then after warm-up the enrichment is way too much and the engine...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:01:59 -0400
  ...I'd like to change the water pump (preventative maintenance). The engine has 60k on it and I had heard that it was easy...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:38:22 -0400
  ...summer is my water pump. I've suspected it all along but > wishful > thinking kept me thinking my newly rebuilt engine was just around...
• Re: Coolant Leak @ Water Pump Flange
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:12:35 -0500
  ...On most 1.9L and some 2.1L the right (looking at engine from the back) stud/bolt of the 3 (water pump) is...
• Re: Failing water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:35:35 -0400
  ...There's this nice new sound > coming from the engine, just about where the water pump is. A low-pitched > grinding or growling sound...
• Re: Water Pump Impeller Damage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:26:37 -0500
  ...Water Pump Impeller Damage Dennis, actually some of the newer VW engines have water pumps with plastic impellers stock from the factory. And these...
• Re: Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective Way.
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:02:46 -0700
  ...1) With the engine cold, hook the hose up to the flusing tee. 2) disconnect the return radiator hose going into the water pump...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions.(Now Water Pumps).
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:14:41 -0800
  ...this water pump. If you open the hood you can hear it > running for quite a while after you turn off the engine. I...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:46:54 -0500
  The poster does not mention what year van or model of engine. Apparently the water pump change is easier on the 2.1's...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:38:37 -0400
  ...the water >> pump out of this thing??? Those bottom two hex bolts that hold > the pipe to >> the passenger side of the engine are...
• Re: Check this part out on ebay..............
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:16:08 -0700
  ...Audi 400 Fox VW Dasher Jetta Rabbit Engine Water Pump Thermostat Housing Meyle | eBay<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-400-Fox-VW-Dasher...
• Re: Water Pump Removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:55:04 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz The water pump is not an easy job, but you do not have to touch the main pulley. Have him unbolt the...
• Re: Flooding in Cal
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 10 Jan 1995 10:39:06 -0800 (PST)
  ...morning trying to rig my Polaris pool pump so >> that it would help pump out the water from my sump. After getting >> everything hooked...
• Re: Water pump removal, the section is up!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 06:44:50 -0800
  ...Great Job! Steven --- Ben huot <huotx@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote: > If you need help on removing the Water Pump on the > 2.1 engine... it...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - F.J. Stefanovich
  Thu, 16 May 2002 07:14:43 -0600
  ...just had the water pump belt on my 1982 diesel vanagon explode into >shreds. Can someone familiar with this engine explain how this belt...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:40:25 -0700
  ...just had the water pump belt on my 1982 diesel vanagon explode into > shreds. Can someone familiar with this engine explain how this belt...
• Re: [vanagon] After market water pumps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:32:07 EST
  ...Maybe a good excuse to take all the money you have been spending on water pumps and put it towards an engine conversion (ala...
• Re: Are waterboxers junk?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:55:11 -0400
  ...Every five years or so the water pump needs to be replaced. It probably gets tired pumping all that coolant from the front radiator...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:11:34 +0000
  ...the water > >> pump out of this thing??? Those bottom two hex bolts that hold > > the pipe to > >> the passenger side of the engine are...
• Re: VC and waterpump ????sss
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:47:24 -0800
  ...Coolant Pump Leakage Models: All Water Cool "Do not confuse a leaking coolant pump with one that is functioning as designed. "Coolant pump seals...
• Re: V-belt failure & engine health
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:36:09 -0400
  ...On 26 Nov 2001, at 6:55, Ben McCafferty wrote: > Isn't the water pump on a water-cooled engine driven off a > belt...
• 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...
• Re: [Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heatingparked vanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 01:13:11 +0100
  d t wrote: > Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA> wrote: > > parts catalogue shows electric pump fitted on the turbo diesel syncro. > > > > Is it the MAIN...
• water pump
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 10:05:46 -0500 (CDT)
  I've got some interesting noises coming from the engine compartment and I suspect the water pump. Very preliminary suspicion here. There's some...
• Re: 87 water pump
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 18:20:23 -0500
  ...87 water pump > Just wondering--- > > My 87 GL has 131K miles on it now. Seems like a water pump should go > out soon. The...
• Re: Water Pump Impeller Damage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:08:50 -0800
  ...but I have on the aluminum water pump housings of vw diesel and inline 4 gas engines. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Water Pump life on a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 17:12:04 -0700
  ...Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > FYI Just replaced water pump on my 85 1.9 engine with 203,000 miles. No leak, but had...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:29:00 -0400
  ...engine is running? This > sounds a bit stupid. Just covering all the bases. > > > > > It seems like the water pump is not pumping the water...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:04:59 -0500
  ...water tank pump problem > > I guess that I should interject here that I installed a little neon > > indicator light so I knew when my...
• Engine Change out
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:22:27 -0700
  ...water pump gasket o-ring water hoses (complete kit water pipes (both) clutch am i forgetting anything? comments on engine stand too???? TIA Jere
• 87 water pump
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:53:10 -0800
  ...Seems like a water pump should go out soon. The 84 deisel Rabbit I used to have blew its around 135K. It was very...
• water pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:21:54 -0500
  ...rear engine noise come from the coolant pump (Water pump). After removing the belt (alternator-pump) I found out that the pump bearing was...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:05:46 -0800
  ...Investigation revealed the water >> pump about to let loose. Only time I've ever replaced the water pump was >> when the engine was out...
• Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:52:45 -0400
  ...water pump bearings. Do not operate the engine this way. The bad noise is the pump impellar chewing out part of the engine case...