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• Re: Water Pump life on a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Jan 2013 08:43:54 -0500
  ...49 PM, Richard Koerner wrote: > FYI Just replaced water pump on my 85 1.9 engine with 203,000 miles. No leak, but had...
• Re: Coolant Drip/LINK for replacement 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:23:59 -0700
  ...Coolant Drip!!! That is the area for the water pump to drop down. When the engine is running, you may see slow seep from...
• Re: Busted water pump and an extra nut
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:11:30 -0500
  ...DMc ---- Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The follow up... > > I installed the new water pump yesterday afternoon. I bought the new pump > from...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:20:18 -0400
  Hi Scott, I had a 1.9 water pump fail on my Dad's 85 Sunroof van last winter. It made an awful racket...
• factory rebuilt 1.9 engines in stock $2050.00
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:50:27 -0700
  ...All the engines come with a new water pump. All engines are twice hot tested in South Africa before export. Please email me directly...
• RE: 87 water pump
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:03:52 -0700
  ...The AC is in the general area (back of the engine) of the water pump and is always intimidating ... at least for me. I...
• Re: Water Pump Impeller Damage
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:45:27 -0800
  ...I'm replacing the coolant pump, gaskets and belts while the engine is still out. Neil. On Feb 19, 2008 9:25 PM, Dennis...
• Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:35:28 +0000
  ...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: Hot water;
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 00:19:58 +0000
  ...valve closes, and the pump shuts off. The water stays at exactly 100 degrees as long as the engine is running. It stays warm...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:58:10 -0700
  ...Mike On 10/23/06 11:34 AM, "ROBERT DONALDS" <donalds1@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > The VR6 has a water pump for the turbo engines...
• Is it the waterpump... Hear it live...
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:03:45 -0400
  ...I am putting a cheater bar up to the mic to listen to engine sounds. Whats everyones concesus on that water pump? http://www...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 May 2012 21:34:27 -0700
  ...both turning faster than the engine. That would mean if you are turning 4,500 rpm .. the water pump might be doing 5,500...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:34:19 -0400
  The VR6 has a water pump for the turbo engines (my guess) that pumps after the engine is shut down the pump has 5...
• 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
  WOW, $1105 and thats not including any of the RARE and unique water hoses. just for engine specific parts I'm not knocking the...
• Re: If our engine cases weren't hard enough to find....
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:34:44 -0400
  The water jackets have been shaved down to the block. The water pump resides on the left jacket. Otherwise it has the distintive oil...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:34:29 -0500
  ...AK, having an air cooled engine would definitely ba an advantage. Not chance to breakdown with water pump failure in the middle of nowhere...
• Re: water pump replacement
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:30:23 -0400
  ...I checked it ,but no advice about water pump replacement is there.Sorry. When I removed my old pump, I had the same machineing...
• Waterpump Brands?
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 15:06:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I wonder if I can do it myself. >> > >> >Any ideas will be welcomed >> > >> >PaulC >> >"Pumpless in Connecticut" >> > > >I recently had my water pump replaced...
• Re: Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:47:09 -0500
  At 03:39 PM 11/6/2009, Richard Koerner wrote... >Filled empty coolant tank with water. Started engine. Immediately it >sucked out all the...
• 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...
• Re: Electric Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:23:13 -0400
  ...Electric water pumps are not just used to reduce engine load. A water pump has a limited range where it is efficient. Designed to...
• Garage Spring Cleaning: Diesel Vanagon parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:04:55 -0400
  ...basic running (assembled, timed and ready to start) engine kit (Block, Inj pump, Oil pump, Waterpump etc) and maybe 500 or so for the...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:25:35 -0500
  ...water tank pump problem > Hi all, > > My water pump has suddenly stopped working, so no water coming out of my > faucet. (Tank is full...
• Vanagon Oil Pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Phil Meyers
  Thu, 20 Jul 95 09:38:21 -0500
  ...one at the water pump and one between the two cyls on the drivers side of the engine. Bentley's shows that the one...
• 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...
• Basement cleanout, Diesel parts.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand 1
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:01:28 -0400
  ...water pump: free with any housing above. 4 Exhaust bracket and rubber mounts for Diesel Vanagon (works with any I4 engine) 5 Injection pump...
• Re: kitchen 12 volt question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:55:09 -0600
  ...vanagon/westy pump. It puts out plenty of water and has never failed. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original...
• Re: yet another water pump
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 18:01:12 -0800
  ...yet another water pump Why would you think the re-packaged, (Bosch is now a re-seller of many parts), maybe Graf pump will...
• Re: help needed in Anchorage, AK
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:06:14 -0800
  ...That engine gave its last in northern Mexico and was > >> >>> changed in San Diego to a used 1.9NA engine. The water pump their...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:38:52 -0800
  ...has a nice Photo Writeup on this > > http://www.benplace.com/water_pump.htm -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http...
• rear heat in aircooleds./idea
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:23:35 -0700
  ...Pick up an Audi Turbo coolant water pump from the engine bay, they usually stay in the car when stripped. Grab the hoses/mount...
• Re: water pump R&R
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:45:31 -0700
  ...water pump R&R > Greetings Volks, > A promised report on water pump replacement. 5 hr. start to finish. 4 scraped > knuckles and $70.00...
• 1.9L Hose Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:38:29 -0400
  ...from the short water hose that connects the metal pipe that goes from below the water pump across the engine to a metal right...
• Re: Severe coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:35:03 -0400
  ...I looked inside the engine compartment, and my current hypothesis is that it's one of the gaskets or hoses on the water pump...
• Re: 12 volts in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:28:40 -0800
  There are 2 places I would use to get 12 volts in a waterboxer engine compartment. The 13mm wiring nut on the alternator has...
• Re: VC and waterpump ????sss
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:30:42 -0800
  ...necessary for the water pump to weep and there >>may be >>more or less droplets depending on how long the engine is running and...
• RE: Engine has to be dropped
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:32:07 -0700
  ...engines. I suspect that when you get the bolts out, they'll take the threads along with them. In any case, the water pump...
• Re: Stuck in MD
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:14:48 -0700
  ...The injection pump isn't in anything and there is only one. Under the pump the mount for the water pump bolts on to...
• Re: conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true experts...)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:26:52 -0700
  ...the water pump to the thermostat housing is only > 196F Is that the large-diameter metal pipe to the left of the engine? If...
• Re: No Water here, Sir! Was: 'nasty' rumor!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 14:32:18 -0500
  ...Extended warranty paid for the water pump. VW paid for 1/2 of the head replacement. That's it. The whole list of engine...
• 30mm vs. 40mm Hub on Diesel Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:21:27 -0500
  ...Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 30mm and 40mm hub on the water pump for the 1.6L NA diesel...
• 1.9 or 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 08:09:02 -0800
  ...My latest experience with a water pump made me question that. The waterpump was listed as 1.9 engine which is usually identified as...
• Re: Overheating; I4 Jetta conv; water pump ( a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 18:14:25 -0600
  ...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: Cold Temps....Hard to Start and Squealing Belts-Maybe Not the Belts
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:38:57 EST
  ...The squealing was from the chatter as the errant impeller milled away the engine case. What threw me was that the defective water pump...
• Re: Coolant leak from above the oil filter........happenned to you?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:33:42 -0500
  ...Carefully check "G" cooling tube at pump junktion. http://www.benplace.com/engine/water_pump_overview1.jpg Also, check "F" cooling tube at pump...
• Re: Coolant Pump Gently Weeping
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Mon, 2 May 2016 11:39:22 -1000
  ...side of the engine, behind the crank pulley. the two allen screws that hold that pipe to the water pump. the upper one is...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:59:34 -1000
  ...it's not hard to just grab the water pump pulley ( engine off ) and see if there is shaft play on the water pump...
• Re: Water pumps and head gaskets (eek)
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:48:02 -0600
  ...raining I saw a leaking on the right of the engine (the water pump is on the left) and after taking to several mechanics...
• Re: Water pump impeller wore into case
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:22:58 -0700
  ...Water pump impeller wore into case > How serious is, and can it be corrected? The wear is .6mm at the worst > point. The engine...
• Re: Euro-Engine: 85 Volkswagen VANAGON, Cooling, engine temp
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:37:42 EDT
  ...Sometimes the waterpumps die a horrible death and grind into the case of the engine. If this damage was severe enough and the person...
• Metalic Noise in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list - Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:00:55 -0700
  Determined the metalic noise I heard in the engine compartment was indeed the water pump bearing going out. At least it looks like that...
• Re: Coolant Drip!!!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:04:40 -0700
  That is the area for the water pump to drop down. When the engine is running, you may see slow seep from the hole...
• Re: Is it the waterpump... Hear it live...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:47:49 -0700
  ...I am putting a > cheater bar up to the mic to listen to engine sounds. Whats everyones > concesus on that water pump? > > http://www...
• Re: Electric Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:30:28 -0400
  ...Electric water pumps are not just used to reduce engine load. A water pump has a limited range where it is efficient. Designed to...
• Re: Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:15:17 -0400
  ...water_pump.htm Use my damn site! I work my ass out of doing this one.................. Regards, Ben http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine1...
• Re: kitchen 12 volt question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:00:10 -0700
  ...vanagon/westy pump. > It puts out plenty of water and has never failed. > > Stan Wilder > Engine Ceramics > 214-352-4931 > www.engineceramics.com > ----- Original...
• Re: water pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 21:51:52 EDT
  ...system.1) check water pump belt for correct tightness. 2) follow the bently bleeding procedure starting with a cold engine. 3) idle at 2500...
• Re: Shower in a Westy- See this..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 01:47:31 EDT
  ...the water tank, runs a coiled tubing into the tank from the engine( sorry air -cooleds) that is thermostatically - controlled and pumps it to...
• Re: Electric Water Pump (was: Re: Electric Vanagon? Now really useful tips..)
  Historical mailing list - B Monk
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:07:38 -0800
  ...the water pump. An electric clutch, such as used on the A/C compressor, could be used to connect them to the engine when...
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:39:15 -0500
  ...000 lb box, and given the crudeness of the waterboxer engine breathing ..............the water pump is about .oooo2 % of a factor in fuel consumption...