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• Hints on replacing water pump ??
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:41:09 -0800 (PST)
  I have an 1984 Westy with airconditioning and I need to replace the water pump. Does anybody have any hints or tips that might...
• Water Pump Price?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 12:46:51 EST
  ...Discovered a water leak at the pulley shaft of my 84, anyone have an estimated price for the pump as well as a "fair...
• Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:59:08 -0700
  Does anyone know the diameter of the stock NA diesel water pump pulley? thanks, Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http...
• Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:14:39 -0700
  The water pump is submerged in the water tank. Access the "secret compartment" (behind the 110v circuit breaker and AC outlet) by removing the...
• Re: 12V Power to Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:05:30 -0700
  ...Mark Ed McLaughlin wrote: > > Hey y'all > I'm still trying to get the water pump in my '80 Westy to run. I've...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:23:49 -0400
  Last year I changed my heads and a month later my water pump went bad. Since you are draining the coolant & bleeding the system...
• Re: City Water Connection Leak
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:49:56 EDT
  ...with the tank empty, run the pump until no more water comes out. Hook up the city water and turn on the hose. Now...
• Re: help needed in Anchorage, AK
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:13:22 -0500
  Some tips on the water pump replacement. I'm assuming it is the same 1.6 NA (or even 1.6 turbo) diesel engine...
• Re: crank pulley removal
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 01:47:17 -0400
  Craig - Take a look at my water pump page at http://volksweb.relitech.com/19wpump.htm and you should see that the water pump...
• Re: Water Pump life on a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 17:12:04 -0700
  ...I did have one overheating event due to a broken water pump belt about 20,000 miles ago...not sure if that affected life...
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:55:56 -0500
  ...As for water pump life, many cars need pumps long before 100,000 miles. Usually it is a seal failure but smaller pumps now...
• Re: Water pump apart
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:49:21 -0700
  ...Water pump apart I am planning to take apart a water pump. Looking at the shaft, it looks like it can be pushed out...
• Water Pump Question
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 16:34:02 -0400
  is $240 installed a good price for a new water pump to be installed??? I'm not confident enough in my mechanical skills to...
• Re: Accurate diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 18:47:24 -0400
  ...A broken water pump belt, blocked radiator, or (as you suggested) a bad water pump. M
• 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: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:05:18 -0800
  Re " It would appear > >>> that some might be trying to discourage others from doing their > >>> own water pump replacements." That's funny, such never...
• Re: need advice on water pump
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 23:37:43 -0400
  At 11:00 PM 9/18/96 -0700, you wrote: >>Anybody have any idea how much a water pump should cost >> > >> >I got mine...
• Replacing water pump - pointers?
  Historical mailing list - Gordon C Smith
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 09:08:39 -1000
  ...Would someone please tell me about the joys of removing and replacing my water pump? Locating a replacement pump? How hard is it get...
• Re: yet another water pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:22:44 -0600
  > > Perked me up! I've been thinking about buying a water pump as a > spare. The > first one lasted about 150,000 miles before...
• coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:50:02 -0700
  ...Appears to be in the mess of stuff by the water pump. A slow leak, it doesn't actively drip, but after a day...
• Water Pump Damage
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:31:17 -0700
  ...Water pump was made in Germany. http://www.esu.edu/~gstylia/vw/WaterPumpDamage1.jpg 2) The water pump itself was really held by only...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:02:55 -0600
  ...In a water cooled it's the air moving >through the radiator. The water pump just moves the heat from one place >to another...
• waterpump relacement parts
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 09:00:51 -0800
  ...from the right head and the waterpump? thanks gary 1 $49.95 025 121 010C Water Pump, New, Genuine German, includes gasket/o-ring...
• Re: Water pump test results
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 2 May 2016 15:24:48 -0700
  ...m > savvy enough to turn the faucet off when there's no more water coming > out of the faucet and the pump's running . . . > >
• Re: fresh water pump ain't pumpin'
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 29 May 2010 15:51:01 -0600
  ...Last year the pump from the fresh >> water tank in my Westfalia sprung a leak. I just installed the new >> one and although it...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:50:31 -0500
  ...Water Pump > > David, > I wonder how may newbie vanagon owners have had the water pump be their > first trial of passage. I sure was...
• 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...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:07:52 -0800
  ...Water Pump Water pump on a 2.1 is a three or four hour job. Requires dexterity, creativity, and colorful language. IIRC, it requires...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:30:48 -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 tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:51:48 -0400
  > My water pump has suddenly stopped working, so no water > coming out of my faucet. I was wondering if there's anyone > in the...
• Re: water tank pump and freezing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:15:56 -0400
  At 06:36 PM 3/13/2011, Alistair Bell wrote: >I just filled my water tank and checked pump... it worked, phew. So >this...
• Re: Looking for water supply pump
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 14:31:37 -0600
  ...I have an 89 Westy Syncro and looking for a water supply pump replacement. Does anyone have a substitut? Sounds like you're talking...
• Re: Water pump refit question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:08:43 -0500
  ...Water pump refit question > > With my Bus Depot water pump came a small plastic bag with a metal > tube threaded on one end and...
• Re: Water Pump Damage
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:56:53 -0700
  ...Water pump > was made in Germany. > > http://www.esu.edu/~gstylia/vw/WaterPumpDamage1.jpg > > 2) The water pump itself was really held by only...
• Re: Auxilliary waterpump for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:20:58 -0700
  The Parts Connection ( http://www.thepartsconnection.com/specials.htm ) has these listed as a weekly special: "Auxiliary Water Pump-(Turbo Cooling)-Bosch: $129.95...
• Re: Shower Pump Question
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:46:10 +0100
  ...I > am wondering if a shurflow or similar small RV pump can run even when the > water flow is turned off at the handle...
• shurflo faucet pump priming problem
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:50:19 -0400
  ...So with the original there would be nothing to keep water from going into the pump as the tank is filled. But the shurflo...
• Re: Two fuses behind driver seat?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:23:16 -0400
  ...Not sure this relates to the sink water pump. But now I know the fuse is still connected! I thought I had disconnected when...
• Re: Replacing the water pump on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:17:15 -0700
  ...Waterpump replacement Funny this should come up now, I just had to have the water pump replaced on my 2.1L last Tuesday, in...
• 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...
• Re: O2 Sensor Problem - Last Week
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 5 May 2009 18:38:26 -0400
  At 05:38 PM 5/5/2009, Paul Connelly wrote: >Now to replace the internal water pump (this one only lasted about 10 "duty...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:49:04 -0800
  ...Water pump? > > Hi, > after not driving my van for about 3 weeks I notice a small drip of > coolant (about half a liter for...
• Water pump - now oil cooler 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 21:49:48 -0500
  The water pump and adjoining plumbing is all in place. Just wondering if there is an order for reinstalling the oil cooler that would...
• Re: 82 Diesel Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 18:39:22 -0500
  ...If it is in fact the water pump, you usually only need to change the outside part (the casting with the impeller and the...
• Re: Water pumps - '1986-1991' Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:05:30 -0700
  ...For what it's worth, my '84's water pump came with a C-clamp on it...and it held up on the 15...
• Re: shurflo faucet pump priming problem
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:12:40 -0400
  ...So with the original there would be nothing to keep water from going >into the pump as the tank is filled. But the shurflo...
• Re: Water tank pump replacement tips wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 11:37:15 -0700
  ...This time I'm looking at installing my new spare water pump for the water tank to the sink. My original pump is still...
• Re: Water Pump life on a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Jan 2013 08:43:54 -0500
  I have a theory that if you are seeing water pump failures at low mileage over and over then your radiator is most likely...
• Re: water pump replacement 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:44:41 -0500
  ...water pump replacement 85 GL Joachim in Houston, TX wrote: "..the waterpump on my 90 seized up yesterday with nary a warning . . . ." Which brings...
• Re: Facet's water pump
  Historical mailing list - Leon Roose
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:08:09 -0500
  ...Facet's water pump > At 03:16 PM 6/10/2003, Jay Roth wrote: > >Anyone know where the Westy's water pump (for the...
• was front brake pads how, now water pump replacement how?
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Wed, 07 Aug 96 10:29:00 PDT
  ...There is also the grinding/rattling noise coming from the general water pump area. I think the bearings have gone on my water pump...
• Re: winterize
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:34:12 -0500
  ...Mind you mine's a Canadian Westy with the pump under the sink -- the pumps in the watertank may be harder to remove and...
• Re: help needed in Anchorage, AK
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:55:56 -0500
  ...Don't mess with the pump. When you take the water pump belt off count or keep track of the spacers that are in...
• Re: Vanagon H2O pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 1996 00:08:49 -0700
  Mark McCulley wrote while speaking of water pumps: "Replacement pump prices can vary from $75 to $175." How about different pump's flow volume...
• Re: 85 1.9 Thermostat Housing Leak
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 1 May 2012 01:19:23 -0700
  ...Just for a laugh when I did the water pump in my 1.9L I bought it from the authorized VW dealer because I...
• Re: Serious light bulb question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:18:02 -0800
  ...submersible pumps are water cooled.... but before replacing the pump... check the fuse behind the driver's seat on the door post.... I was...
• Re: plumbing, tank side, submersible pump
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:00:18 -0800
  ...There may be a break in the line or a connector loose causing water to leak when pump is on. You may have to...
• water pump wiring
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:45:28 -0700
  ...i've forgotten which way the water pump wires go together. the twin plastic-housing male spade connector setup has the black and the...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:24:19 -0400
  ...I reiterate, if you don't want a catastrophic water pump failure, replace the water pump. No "leak stop" material, regardless of brand, is...
• Re: Addendum Re: FaUcet's water pump
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:29:59 -0500
  Turns out that the pump is getting power, it's just that the PO had well water and the hard water has left enough...