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• Water Coolant Pipe, Looking
  Historical mailing list - ac butler
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 17:42:27 -0500
  ...pipe, 2-piece from the water pump to the passenger side cylinder head. Traveling under the main pulley. I am seeking a replacement, preferably...
• Re: Mystery oil leak on 2.1 please help with ideas
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 31 May 2004 18:18:38 -0400
  ...The pulley seal is a common leaker did you scotch bright the seal surface on the pulley to get rid of the build up...
• Re: Water pump
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:23:56 -0300
  ...Water pump > Its pretty easy. There is a page on the web that discusses chaning the > 1.9 L h20 pump and it is...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:43:10 -0400
  ...You are right the pipe behind the pulley needs to come off to get the pump off. For one you will probably need to...
• Coolant Pump Gently Weeping
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 1 May 2016 01:33:50 -0400
  I must change my coolant pump. (Confirmed by inspection with a mirror.) Bentley isn't too much help. I looked up some Gerry archives...
• Re: Since it's in the shop anyway . . .
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sun, 8 May 2005 08:31:20 EDT
  ...I would replace it though, if you've got the water pump out. JC... 3. Check the water pump pulley shaft for bearing play...
• Re: crankshaft pulley
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 31 May 2017 16:32:00 -0400
  ...my alternator spins free with belt off and > so does my water pump one. >
• ?? Strange noise update
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 12:41:01 EST
  ...By listening through a tube, I've localized the noise to the crank pulley - oil pump area; however, listening to the oil pump with...
• Failing water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:10:53 -0700
  ...Water pump pulley does not rotate real smoothly. Symptoms of a failing water pump? Fix quickee-quickee? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type...
• 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 13:42:29 -0400
  ...to remove the oil pump and to get to the thing I have to take off the crank pulley... Ha ha, Bentley joke...3149...
• Re: Now here is a challenge!
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:46:54 EDT
  ...Belt squealing might be just belt needing tension or could be water pump getting ready to buy the farm. Try to move the pulley...
• Re: 82 diesel intermediate shaft pulley
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:29:37 -0400
  ...the backing plate and newer injection pump mount, etc. > > I am in need of a new pulley and a used one will be here...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:54:32 -0800
  ...I'm thinking that a warped crankshaft pulley is causing premature failure >> of >> my water pumps, which only seem to last around 15K miles...
• Re: Replacing water pump - pointers?
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 12:23:15 -0700
  ...Pull the coolant pipe that runs under- neath the crankshaft pulley before you have the pump all loosened up; I couldn't get it...
• Cooling System: tips from a newb POV
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 12:00:54 -0700
  ...Or, install parts concerned working from coolant pump to thermostat ?? - consider using a slightly longer FLAPS available (??) hose between pipe under crank pulley and...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 16 May 2002 10:27:07 -0700
  ...With the stock 2 belt system the alternator only spins if the water pump does. Any failure that causes the water pump pulley to...
• Water Pump Weep Hole advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Edward Morrell
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:01:18 -0600
  ...pump for potential replacement, and what I discovered is that coolant drips from the weep hold when I turn the pulley on the pump...
• Re: Yeah! It's a water pump weekend! (questions of course)
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:31:29 -0700
  ...I ended up using some really narrow vice grip pliers and wedged >> them >> in between the pulley mount and the water pump body and...
• Oil Pump seals
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:44:21 -1000
  ...oil pump area and suspect a 79. seal problem. I hear I would have to remove the engine carriage and wheel pulley to perform...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:47:17 EST
  ...PUMP CAME OFF OF and you'll be OK..I'd use the bus pump unless it's known to be bad.. Removing pulley...
• Water pump replacement (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:36:05 -0700
  ...of the three nuts holding the pump to the block. Do I need to remove the pulleys form the crankshaft to reach it? Thanks...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:35:40 -0500
  ...Water pump premature failure Everything is pretty straight foward around that pulley. Was that pulley "out of whack" when you got the van/engine...
• Re: how to tell if water pump bearings are going.....
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:23:44 -0500
  ...going bad in the water pump" ....Now i did the pulley test, where you grab the pump pulley and see if there is any...
• 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:45:18 -0600
  List members, I just had the water pump belt on my 1982 diesel vanagon explode into shreds. Can someone familiar with this engine explain...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:01:07 -0800
  ...There > is not enough belt contact on the water pump pulley to prevent belt > slippage.
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:33:39 -0700
  ...Scott replaced the water pump with me as a helper... we worked for 6 hours straight, without removing the pulley or the muffler... I...
• Re: Intermittent coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:33:02 -0700
  ...It looks like it may be > coming from the water pump pulley or the thermostat housing. I cannot tell > for sure as the only...
• Re: tale of two water pumps
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 05:35:18 -0800
  When the pumps are new they are stiff, and they loosen as they wear. I can't quantify further other than to say to...
• Re: diesel water pump
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:09:30 -0800
  ...use a water pump with a 40mm hub. Most of the passenger cars have a 30mm hub. These use different pulleys and belts. Stick...
• Re: Mystery oil leak on 2.1 please help with ideas
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 31 May 2004 13:01:41 -0700
  ...case. > I am thinking the oil pump may be leaking for some reason?. > I used a new pump, gaskets, and red sealing nuts and...
• P/S into air cooled Van?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:27:37 +0000
  ...of another drive pulley and a place to mount the pump, perhaps running off the alternator, using a double pulley and removing the stock...
• 1.9l Oil pump R&R
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:09:21 EST
  ...oil pump on a digijet engine? Bentley has a lovely drawing which assumes that the engine is out and the crankshaft pulley removed... :( thanks...
• Re: Water pump ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:33:11 -0400
  ...Also, looking at the water pump from the top through the hatch the gap between the pump pulley as if the fan belt was...
• 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
  ...Remove the three bolts that hold the black metal pulley to the water pump and remove the pulley. Remove the two allen head bolts...
• Re: VW I-4 Engine Blowout (this is the last one I promise)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:52:55 EST
  ...that includes the vacuum pump, oil dipstick and tube, oil filter flange, timing belt, intermediate shaft pulley, crank gear pulley with bolt and washer...
• Re: Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:49:01 -0400
  ...Can you see the case split from below the pulley? If so, you could turn the pulley 180 degrees, line it up from the...
• Re: repeated water pumps failing
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:27:42 -0800
  ...What is happening to the pumps? leaking? Could be too tight of a belt or a bent pulley causing vibration which might chew up...
• Re: repeated water pumps failing
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:16:40 -0800
  ...the stock diam. pulley. If not and if it is smaller than stock, cavitation caused erosion/corrosion of the pump might be happening. -Dana...
• Help Timing Diesel after replacing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
  Sun, 24 Nov 1996 21:46:29 -0800
  ...The injector pump was a different story. The pulley didn't have a clear mark for alignment. There were several dents around the pulley...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - F.J. Stefanovich
  Thu, 16 May 2002 10:57:14 -0600
  ...I would seriously >question whether you could reliably turn the Vanagon water pump with the >minimal belt to pulley contact provided by the single...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Mar 2004 to 11 Mar 2004 - Special issue (#2004-209)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:40:28 -0500
  ...Flywheel $75.00 Air Box / Intake Manifold $65.00 Exhaust Manifold $35.00 Oil Pump w/ pickup $40.00 **NEW** Crank & Water Pump Pulley...
• Vanagon H2O pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Resler
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:06:09 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Then I noticed no pulley on the H2O pump! Found it lying in the engine compartment. Hmmmmm, thought I, maybe I can just reattach...
• Why my 1.9 turbodiesel died...
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 18 May 1999 14:49:48 -0400
  ...the tensioner pulley. (Replace pulley). Another possible failure mode is that a large piece of debris gets sucked through the oil pump screen and...
• Re: Water Pump - ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:31:01 -0700
  Keep in mind that if you have end play on the pulley, the impeller is wearing against the engine case, making for a coolant...
• Re: Wanted
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:47:48 -0700
  ...crankshaft pulley, water pump pulley, alternator pulley, >tensioner, and belt. > >Also seeking information on alternator/compressor >bracket for Vanagon that will allow clearance of...
• Re: Diesel Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:01:47 +0200
  ...The right pulley ratios (with two belts) makes pump and alternator round much higher rpms: One belt: If motor has 1000 rpms the water...
• Water pump project -2.1L w/ AC- multi groove crank pulley
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:10:38 -0500
  Ready to intall belts but can't make heads or tails of it. Bentley is p-poor in this case. I need to know...
• Digest response to Supercharger thread
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:58:06 -0700
  ...So, yeah, the supercharger's output is dependent on pulley sizes, etc..But they are also equipped with some kinda boost valve to keep...
• oil pump gasket replacing
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 13:49:03 -0800
  ...replace the oil pump with a new one? I understand it is a big job requiring removal of the pulleys and belts. Hiring the...
• Re: How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 04:52:19 -0500
  ...maybe oil pump gaskets since I have > new ones. > The manuals are weak on the procedure. How do I untorque the pulley bolt? > Really...
• Re: Water Pump // Alternator Belt problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 May 2008 16:31:26 -0500
  ...The pulley for the water pump is >>>> closer >>>> to the front of the van than the engine pulley or the alternator pulley. >>>> In >>>> fact...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sat, 5 May 2012 12:49:09 -0400
  ...Several years ago I had someone replace a leaking gasket on a fitting behind the pulley on the water pump on my 2.1...
• Re: Water Pump Weep Hole advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:49:34 -0500
  ...pump for potential replacement, and what I discovered is >that coolant drips from the weep hold when I turn the pulley on the pump...
• RE: Vanagon H2O pump?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:07:25 -0700
  ...Then I noticed no pulley on the H2O pump! Found it lying in the engine compartment.
• Re: Imminent water pump failure? Advise urgently needed
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:36:49 -0700
  ...play at the > water pump pulley, less than 1 mm (less than 1/10th of an inch at the > pulley's edge). No leaks...
• Re: Show and Tell - Water Pump Change Out
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:59:22 -0500
  ...to get the pulley bolts off as the pulley will want to move. Also, when removing the pipe from the pump that goes to...
• Re: Eurovan Timing Belt
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:23:50 EDT
  ...I did the pulleys, belt and water pump all at the same time. The old belt still looked good with no cracks. My guess...
• Re: Very Short trip report and water pump :-(
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:55:30 -0400
  Hi Dean, Remove the belt, take the water pump pulley with your hand, hold it tight, try to move this one (side to side...
• Re: Replacing Water Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 13:46:54 EDT
  ...When replacing the pump count on replacing those two small rubber hoses at the same time (they are about 2 inches long, one is...
• Re: Oil pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:43:12 -0700
  ...NET.NET');>> wrote: > > > The question is, will the oil pump clear the rear pulley? > > I don't have the tools to remove a 250...