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• Re: teeth on water pump/alternator belt all chewed up on 87 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 07:47:48 -0700
  ...If alignment etc appear ok, check the complete circumference of each pulley to make sure it isn't dented or has a wow in...
• Re: 3 "how do i" questions
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 2 May 2001 13:52:56 -0700
  ...One for the water pump (it goes from the big main pulley up to the left) and one for the power steering (from the...
• Re: Schreeching Alternator/belt
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:25:15 -0700
  ...I only have > the alternator, water pump and main pulley - NO air and no > power steering pulleys) . This SCREECH lasts about 30 > seconds and...
• Re: water pump bearing noise
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:20:49 -0800
  ...So, there would be a leak at the pump. Loosen the belts and spin the pulleys by hand to test for smooth spinning. Stuart...
• Basement cleanout, Diesel parts.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand 1
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:01:28 -0400
  ...4 Exhaust bracket and rubber mounts for Diesel Vanagon (works with any I4 engine) 5 Injection pump idler pulley. 6 Injection pump mounting bracket...
• Re: Mystery oil leak on 2.1 please help with ideas
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:49:27 -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: Squeaking & Squealing...Motor Mounts?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:19:27 EST
  I think it could be your water pump or alternator. I have seen some pretty shot motor mounts before but they have never squeaked...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:11:44 -0800
  ...pump's cover on my new engine is aluminum with fins. This is one that my rebuilder has found that will clear the pulley...
• Re: Leaky diesel
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:32:27 -0700
  ...You could have a leaky seal where the toothed pulley turns, that requires pump removal. Try to give us more info. Hope that makes...
• Water pump question
  Historical mailing list - Prendergast David
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:42:44 -0500
  ...some of the bolts that hold the pump on. Question: Can I remove the crank pulley? It seems that everything will go ALOT faster...
• Re: where is my squealing coming from?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:49:37 -0400
  ...I just did this again. >> It's not giving me much. >> >> With the belt off, I turned the water pump pulley by hand, and...
• Re: Schreeching Alternator/belt
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:49:22 EST
  ...Check the condition of the H2O pump. Rich
• Re: Coolant Pump Gently Weeping
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Mon, 2 May 2016 11:52:45 -1000
  no need for any 'round grab type tool' on the water pump pulley bolts .. I just use a square shaft large screw driver.. rest...
• leaking oil pump gasket or bolts
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 17:19:05 -0800
  Hello- Is there anyway of getting at the oil pump cover bolts or the cover itself without pulling the engine on a syncro? background...
• Re: Coolant Pump Gently Weeping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 May 2016 11:23:54 -0500
  ...Coolant Pump Gently Weeping > > The pulley can be held with a strap wrench or if you shop carefully an oil > filter wrench. This is...
• Re: Strange noise
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:20:54 EST
  ...By listening through a tube I isolate the noise to the crank pulley/oil pump area, but with a stethoscope the oil pump sounds...
• Re: Eurospec question
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:01:45 -0400
  ...The stamped pulley that turns my water pump and alternator is not a balancer. Furthermore, the harmonic balancer on my Audi has belt grooves...
• Re: .. Diesel problems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 08 Apr 1997 20:34:53 -0400
  ...pump (as I do not have the tool for retiming the pump)? > The seal I'm talking about is behind the injection pump pulley...
• water pump question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Benjamin
  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:21:07 -0800
  In the course of changing my belts today I noticed that the water pump pulley does not spin freely as I might have expected...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:09:14 -0500
  Well, I've tried every way I know to pass the "U" shaped part of the cross over pipe under the crank pulley but...
• Re: squeaking from alternator?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:02:45 EDT
  ...If the belt is worn, then loosen and remove the belt from the pulley of the alternator. Now try to move the pulley from...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:05:30 -0500
  ...You will need to remove the rear engine carrier and the mounting bracket, the water pump crossover pipe and the crankshaft pulley. To get...
• Re: Water Pump Weep Hole advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:41:00 -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: Mystery oil leak on 2.1 please help with ideas
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 06:08:03 -0700
  ...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 failure
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:34:40 EDT
  ...There is a small amount of clearance between the water pump body and rotating impeller blades. Over tightening the pulley belt will cause uneven...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:03:59 +0000
  ...On Thursday, December 10, 2015, Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote: > What motor, water pump and pulley set up do you have? > On Dec...
• Re: Water Pump Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:20:37 -0700
  ...Water Pump Pipes I use an impact wrench to get that pulley nut off. GoWesty has a nifty tool they throw in with their...
• Oil pump sealing questions... and more
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:26:41 -0400
  ...Do I put one gasket between the block and oil pump housing and the other between the oil pump housing and the oil pump...
• Water pump ?
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:36:24 -0700
  ...Also, looking at the water pump from the top through the hatch the gap between the pump pulley as if the fan belt was...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:47:38 -0500
  ...This is definitely a 3-groove pulley, and it's definitely out of whack, at least horizontally. I certainly have never removed the pulley...
• Re: Help w/ part identification.....
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 21:08:24 EST
  ...has a hole under the pulley area where it is supposed to leak if the bearing in the pump goes bad. It could be...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:22:03 EDT
  ...pulley, oil pump, oil filter adapter, and vacuum pump usually come in a kit at extra cost. Also be aware that you will need...
• q's about 3.4liter chevy v-6 installation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 22:38:55 -0400
  ...guages back to the engine compartment? does anybody know the number for ACDelco? i have to get a water pump, a crank pulley, a...
• Re: Fan belt(replaced), Noise(gone)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 17 May 2000 11:15:48 +0100
  ...When I checked it with the engine running - *horrors*, I could see the pulley jiggling on the water pump! I replaced it straight away...
• Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:54:13 -0600
  ...It's easy enough to get to with the coolant pump pulley removed, but it appears to require an odd, in between socket length...
• Re: Mystery oil leak on 2.1 please help with ideas
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Mon, 31 May 2004 18:10:35 -0700
  ...I am thinking the oil pump may be leaking for some reason?. I used a new pump, gaskets, and red sealing nuts and its...
• 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:03:55 -0600
  ...Coolant pump pulley has been removed. Deep well socket to long, wom't fit in the space availabe; standard socket to short , the blade...
• Re: Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:13:51 -0400
  ...But guess what - got a serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the...
• Road trip debrief (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:05:18 EST
  ...what?..the pump is FINE...<ponder>..."Hey! start it up"..<crank crank..rattle rattle rattle rattle> what the?!?!!? The crank pulley is WOBBLING....this...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:22:01 -0500
  Everything is pretty straight foward around that pulley. Was that pulley "out of whack" when you got the van/engine? did you ever notice...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:05:32 -0800
  ...that bolts to the bottom of the water pump. ( the pipe that is captured by the crank pulley, the crank pulley that you can...
• Re: [Syncro] WTB: inline4 powersteering bracket
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:04:23 -0700
  ...pump) while the rest of PS bracket is uniform between diesel and gas engines with the exception of an additional spacer for the pulley...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:43:43 -0400
  ...water pump in a > 2.1 and that one Allen bolt was the biggest difficulty. I did not > remove the big pulley wheel. But...
• Re: More On Difference Between the 1.9 and 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:22:31 -0800
  ...So, I need a 3 groove crank pulley, a/c bracket, and ps pump bracket. I have a 1.9 already with all three...
• Re: Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 16:11:31 -0400
  ...Those grooves work as sort of an "Archimedes Screw", which tends to pump the oil back into the case. I replaced the pulley with...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:36:45 -0500
  No, it's a three-groove pulley as the van is an '84 Wolfburg Westy with AC and PS...and it's wobbling all...
• Re: Help Timing Diesel after replacing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - will wood
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 21:02:17 -0700
  ...injector pump was a different story. The pulley didn't have a clear >mark for alignment. There were several dents around the pulley and...
• Replacing Motor Mounts in an '84, help with engine timing
  Historical mailing list - Zach White
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 03:27:40 +0000
  ...I took that same pulley off when I needed to replace my water pump, but it took 3 of us to do it (two...
• Re: Power steering belt problems...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:46:43 -0800
  Could your pulleys be reversed? I bought my vanagon with pulleys for the water pump on wrong. PO drove it from NJ to Ohio...
• Re: Water Pump Weep Hole advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:08:21 -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: Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:02:36 -0500
  I feel around under the pulley with a paper clip I've unfolded to find the groove mark from the top dead center position...
• belts changed successfully
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:24:10 -0800
  ...The old belt was a bit difficult to get over the pulley as the pump will move only so far. One coolant hose has...
• Q: Cut the coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Sat, 20 May 2000 13:14:03 -0500
  ...pump with these pipes still attached but the length back to the PS head is squeezed between the block and the crank pulley leaving...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:01:31 -0700
  ...An extra six-mm one with the short end shortened to reach the >cap screws behind the water pump pulley. Wow! Good one, David...
• Re: repeated water pumps failing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:04:48 EST
  ...I would also replace the pulley on the water pump (or at least inspect it). Could possibly be bent or somehow out of balance...
• Re: leaking,pulley wobbling,noise making water pump
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:47:00 -0800
  > > Yes, those are the symptoms of a water pump going > bad. thanks for the info guys, i appreciate the help...ordered the parts. i...
• help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:52:52 -0700
  ...pump seal and oil filler tube gasket.. when i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i removed the pulley...
• P/S Pump end play question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:32:00 -0400
  ...I have noticed a 1-2 mm front to back play in my power steering pump. Is this normal? I can't find a...
• Re: power steering problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:04:39 -0700
  ...power steering problem > My power steering pump has play in the pulley of about 1/16 inch. > evrey thing works fine and pump has...
• Re: Water pump replacement (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 22:40:58 -0400
  ...of the three nuts > holding the pump to the block. Do I need to remove the pulleys form the > crankshaft to reach it? > > Thanks...