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• Re: Diesel to Gas conversion! Oil Pump Input Shaft Length?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:20:01 -0700
  Try installing the diesel oil pump pickup tube on the gas oil pump. Mike Snow Joe Hunt wrote: > On all the conversion sites folks...
• Re: Oil pumps
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sun, 3 May 1998 16:59:39 -0700
  ...What tricks to the oil pump to increase flow/rate. Ray. Robert Lilley wrote: > >No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based...
• Re: Oil pumps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 2 May 1998 17:56:56 -0700
  >No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based engined Vanagons is an >entirely (and expensive) beast. The only company making a heavy...
• Re: Oil pump priming?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:33:47 -0400
  These pumps can be a bear to prime once the gears get dry. Remove the oil filter, using a pump oil can, push some...
• RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Tue, 25 Jun 96 10:52:00 DST
  ...envisions an electric aux oil pump. I would picture this would |have to be a fairly serious pump. Engine oil pump looks like it...
• Re: 2.1 oil pump gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:03:47 -0700
  traditionally on oppossed four vw engines........there is a super thin paper gasket to seal the cover to the oil pump. if you are...
• Re: Any tricks for priming oil pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:33:41 -0400
  Remove the hi pressure sensor (rear) and suing a pump oil can squirt some oil in there. This will put some into the pump...
• Transmission cooler
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:41:50 -0400
  What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? The engine oil pump is...
• RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:27:39 EST
  ...envisions an electric aux oil pump. I would picture this would have to be a fairly serious pump. Engine oil pump looks like it...
• Oil pump sealing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Donald Adams
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:52:25 -0700
  ...Do I put one gasket between the block and oil pump housing and the other between the oil pump housing and the oil pump...
• Re: Oil pump sealing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:36:53 -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...
• Diesel to Gas conversion! Oil Pump Input Shaft Length?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hunt
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:57:54 -0700
  On all the conversion sites folks have, when speaking about the oil pump, they only say to swap the diesel oil pump into the...
• Re: [DIESEL] How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:00:36 -0700
  You should be able to prime the pump by removing the oil filter mount and pouring oil down through the top of the pump...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:20:29 -0700
  > > Some people have been suggesting pouring some oil down into the pump > from the top, via the oil filter housing. I don't think...
• Re: Oil pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 May 2003 21:09:07 -0400
  ...Oil pump removal Hi, I am in the process of replacing the oil pump on my 84 Westy. I have seen pullers to remove...
• How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:57:05 -0700
  ...Having had my oil pan off and oil pump off, on reassembly I can't seem to get the oil pump primed and pumping...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:52:32 -0700
  ...Are you saying there is none? The pump is actually submerged, how can it not be pulling oil? Are you sure your'e getting...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:06:45 -0700
  Based on my Inline Four experience (this is a diesel engine I see); - Oil Pump to Block has no gasket. (This has been established...
• Oil pump priming?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:41:33 -0400
  ...Could the oil pump need priming? Can this be done through the oil sender hole or by removing the filter and getting oil to...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:04:38 -0700
  ...Entity Tobin Copley spoke thus: > Okay, frustrating problem here with my 1.6L diesel vanagon: > > Having had my oil pan off and oil pump...
• Re: [DIESEL] RE: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:20:03 -0700
  When I had the broken pickup tube, I was able to pump oil for a few seconds when the pump was primed through the...
• Mechanic say's Oil pump can't leak slowly
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:06:07 -1000
  My mechanic say's Oil pumps can't leak slow because of the pressure behind it and would leak profusely in nature. I beg...
• Re: Engine Break-In Oil Weight
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 8 May 2007 15:03:33 -0700
  <SNIP> This was also how I learned to find that hole to pour oil to prime the oil pump. Without that the pump was...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:58:46 -0700
  ...I don't think the oil > filter housing access will let me get oil down into the pump--perhaps > folks are thinking of a...
• Oil Pump Access
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:39:25 -0600
  Got an oil leak. Could be the three-belt pulley seal at the end of the crankshaft, or could be the oil pump. Haven...
• Re: oil pump failure? please help...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 May 2019 16:05:37 +0000
  ...As for the pump priming, the oil pump does a lousy job pumping air. Worse, it needs the oil film between the gear teeth...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:16:25 -0700
  ...I reused the pump and added 4 quarts of oil. I recall that it turns clockwise from the top. This is weird. Do you...
• 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:26:47 -0800
  ...Removing the oil filter mount and priming the pump makes it work again. For some reason the oil pump seems to be losing its...
• Re: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:03:39 -0700
  ...I am getting oil in the mount right under and to the left of the oil pump, right side is dry. Seems it then...
• Oil pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Jeffory Schiebel
  Sun, 4 May 2003 17:45:45 -0700
  Hi, I am in the process of replacing the oil pump on my 84 Westy. I have seen pullers to remove the oil pump...
• Re: high volume oil pump for 84 Westy needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:00:17 -0600
  Why do you think you need a high volume oil pump? The stock volume pumps were engineered for the oil system to provide adequate...
• Re: Before I buy an engine ...
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:28:32 -0400
  Try a new oil pump before a whole new engine. Its slightly cheaper and may give you many extra years of life. The waterboxer...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 5 Nov 2015 19:44:33 -0800
  Wear on the oil pump cover is a common problem. It doesn't take much wear to drop the pressure significantly. Cheers, Jeff -----Original...
• oil pump pump only for sale
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:15:55 -0500
  oil pump to fit a diesel engine with brake servo for sale .it comes as is just the pump with no (NO) pick up...
• Re: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:38:58 -0700
  ...I am getting oil in the mount right under and to > the > left of the oil pump, right side is dry. Seems it then...
• Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:57:19 -0500
  ...I am getting oil in the mount right under and to the left of the oil pump, right side is dry. Seems it then...
• 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: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:55:35 -0600
  If it is not the oil pump or one of the other sources noted could the seal at the end of the crankshaft be...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:07:51 -0700
  ...Clearly, the business (bottom) end of the pump pickup tube is submerged in the oil in the sump, but remember this is a diesel...
• Re: Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:30:09 -0400
  ...Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front. Dear list I am getting rid off my oil...
• Re: Oil pump size differences? Boston Bob Customers?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:30:00 -0500
  ...I now use selected used pump in my rebuilds because they have better oil pressure cold and hot than the new aftermarket oil pumps...
• oil pump blueprinting question
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:21:17 -0400
  I have my old OE oil pump out and I noticed that the pump outlet port/hole is smaller that the receiving hole in...
• Re: Transmission cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:43:38 -0400
  ...I am concerned that the transmission oil pump, if not a positive displacement pump, may ride up the pump curve and starve the transmission...
• Re: Diff btw '84 Jetta gas and diesel oil pumps?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:54:37 -0500
  ...The only difference in the pumps was the height of the oil pump gears and housing. The 1.8L gas engine had taller oil...
• Re: Help with oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:06:08 -0500
  ...Remove the oil filter and with a pump type oil can push some oil in the outer port, (pump to filter). This will get...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 May 2015 19:53:49 -0400
  ...The oil pump > picked up and pumped oil when I turned it by hand just a few revolutions. > However the hole above the oil...
• Re: 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:23:30 -0700
  ...Now on warming up oil pressure peaks and blows > out the big Mann oil filter, spewing out the oil. Something about oil pump > check...
• Re: Oil Pump Access
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:53:52 -0800
  ...Oil Pump Access Got an oil leak. Could be the three-belt pulley seal at the end of the crankshaft, or could be the...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 11 May 2015 18:40:04 -0500
  Do the gassers and diesels spin the intermediate shafts and or oil pumps opposite directions? On May 11, 2015 6:03 PM, "kenneth wilford...
• Re: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:38:53 -0700
  ...Oil Pump removal-Difficult???? If it is not the oil pump or one of the other sources noted could the seal at the end...
• Oil pump blueprint revisited
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 03:31:06 PST
  In addition to reducing the pump cover clearance to .000" WITHOUT the gasket (use the gasket when installing...) The oil inlet and exit can...
• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:59:33 -0500
  ...The pump will not pump air. If priming is needed, remove the oil filter and using a pump type can pump some oil into...
• Re: oil pump blueprinting question
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:37:34 -0500
  At 08:21 AM 1/10/2008, Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN) wrote... >I have my old OE oil pump out and I noticed that...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:03:43 -0600
  Your oil pump is a constant displacement pump and it will pump the same oil minus any that may leak back regardless of the...
• Re: 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:39:30 -0500
  ...Now on warming up oil pressure peaks and blows > > out the big Mann oil filter, spewing out the oil. Something about oil > pump > > check...
• Re: Fwd: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:47:53 -0700
  ...I am getting oil in the mount right under > and > to the left of the oil pump, right side is dry. Seems it then...
• Fwd: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:54:34 -0500
  ...I am getting oil in the mount right under and to the left of the oil pump, right side is dry. Seems it then...
• Re: vacuum pump oil seapage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:34:53 -0900
  ...vacuum pump oil seapage I noticed that an oil slick is forming on the block behind the vaccuum pump. I guess the angle the...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 11 May 2015 18:48:29 -0400
  So today I spent the entire day pulling the oil pan, oil pump, vacuum pump, oil filter, oil filter flange, etc. to see if...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 14:37:02 -0700
  ...Spun the oil pump again. Still no oil pressure, even out the mount on the oil cooler. I'm re-using my old pump...