Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 1+: 60 results shown for water pump.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Sink Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - stanwild
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:28:18 -0500
  ...You can use a standard FUEL pump to pump water to your sink, leave the existing water pump in place. Install the new water...
• Re: how works the westy sink pump?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:45:25 -0400
  ...Gravity-fed water will prime the pump (fill it with water). If you've got the pump up in the air, you have it...
• Re: Would you replace your water pump if:
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:02:53 -0700
  Not that I am in imminent need of a water pump but this thing have a tendency to deteriorate very quick when they wear...
• Re: water pump replacement
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:48:47 -0400
  On 7/22/05, Rob Campbell <rob@quimp.com> wrote: > Hello- > > Just told by my mechanic that my water pump is bad. He says...
• Re: Failing water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:52:47 -0700
  If the water pump is rough turning it by hand , not a good sign. It probably is needing a new water pump. Did you...
• Re: Would you replace your water pump if:
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:51:52 -0700
  ...Would you replace your water pump if: > FYI: The German Laso water pumps have an extremely high > failure rate (~12%). Use the Italian made...
• Re: Faucet Fun, window sliders, & cupholders - '91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jun 97 06:06:25 PDT
  ...The pump should be start pumping water by the time you read this. It only takes a few minutes for enough water to seep...
• Re: water tank pump problem fixed!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:44:13 +0100
  ...Just because the pump is whirring does not >>> mean it's >>> pumping water. When mine "broke", the end of the pump had come off...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:31:22 -0600
  ...Just because the pump is whirring does not mean it's pumping water. When mine "broke", the end of the pump had come off...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:32:34 -0400
  ...Just because the pump is whirring does not >>mean it's >>pumping water. When mine "broke", the end of the pump had come off...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:56:06 +0100
  Tried that, it is working fine water is being fired out of the top of the pump, it just doesnt seem to want to...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:02:46 -0600
  "My water pump has suddenly stopped working, so no water coming out of my > faucet." Joy, Have you tried accessing the pump by opening...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:31:33 -0700
  > adds a few hours to the job and gives a reason to replace the water pump. My experience is that in a waterboxer, the...
• Westy 12v water pump
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 09:26:13 -0400
  The water pump in my potable water tank won't pump. Power to the unit, ground OK, but no operation. The local RV center...
• 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: Water Pump Question..............
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:31:56 -0400
  I have had my '84 Vanagon water pumps go in same manner. John Lauterbach Macon, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Ingalls" <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL...
• Re: Priming the friggin' sink pump
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:51:24 -0800
  ...put in. > obviously the same problem, as the pump cannot pump air. after > scratching my > head how to get water to the pump, i...
• Re: 1980 Westfalia water pump question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:10:41 -0800
  Yes, for very early versions of the Westy there is a pump disable circuit as part of the water level display led panel. Too...
• Re: Water pump manufacturers
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:34:32 EST
  ...I had ordered the water pump from a vendor for about $50, who told me on the phone it was a Graf pump, made...
• Re: Water pump brands?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:01:45 -0500
  Because of the differences in the cooling system plumbing and the location of the thermostat, the 2.1 water pumps are indeed different from...
• water pump
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:25:49 -0400
  ...It seems like the water pump is not pumping the water up to the radiator, does the cap on the filler tank (where the...
• Re: HELP I need the housing for my water pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:26:15 -0700
  Chad, Not water pump housing, so much as water pump. It seems to be a given that you don't install a used water...
• Re: water pump replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 13:24:19 CDT
  i said: >>>ALL water-cooled buses have had to have the water pump replaced... he said: >How do we determine when to replace the...
• H20 pump research clarification
  Historical mailing list - Melissa J. Cullison
  Mon, 8 May 2000 12:45:08 -0500
  Hey Volks THANKS for the help with the water pump info - I should have specified that it is the water pump (located down-under...
• Re: Blowing kitchen w. pump fuses - help!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 10:28:27 -0600 (MDT)
  ...If your pump does freeze up, it is getting water in the motor. The water will be very very nasty. I mean really nasty...
• Re: water pump leak?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:30:08 -0500
  Next time I have to replace the water pump on my '84, I am going to give serious thought to removing cat, muffler and...
• Re: Would you replace your water pump if:
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:07:43 -0400
  ...For every one Vanagon water pump he sells, he probably sells 500 Jetta water pumps, 1000 other VW ones, and 3000 more non-VW...
• Re: Water Pump Question
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:15:05 -0400
  Chad, you asked, << is $240 installed a good price for a new water pump to be installed???...>> I have had two water pumps repaired...
• water pump replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 11:16:16 PDT
  >>ALL water-cooled buses have had to have the water pump replaced... How do we determine when to replace the water pump regardless the...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:36:43 -0800
  I've been adding a water soluble oil which makes a fine rust inhibitor and water pump lubricant to all cars and vans I...
• 1985 VW Vanagon - water pumping question -1.9l gas
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:33:03 -0500
  My vanagon has stopped pumping water? All water lines appear hot in engine compartment, lukewarn under-car, etc. with my front heater having no...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:03:05 +0100
  Hi All Ive got a similar challenge regarding the water tank pump. 1. The pump is working fine and Ive checked it is spewing...
• Re: Failing water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:40:07 -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...
• Re: Cooling system drivel (long, sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Thu, 16 Feb 95 8:20:25 CST
  > >Diagnosis of Water Pump: > > I have no signs that the water pump needs replacement. The system IS > cooling, just not at peak efficiency. If...
• Re: Water pumps - '1986-1991' Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 08:40:13 -0700
  At 10:31 AM 6/26/98 -0700, Wolfsburg wrote: >This morning my Vanagon is getting it's sixth water pump put in!! Is...
• Re: Is it normal to loose coolant when...
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:50:15 EDT
  Could there be a slightly different scenario, such as the water pump locking up causing the belt to break and the coolant loss being...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:58:13 -0600
  Some years ago I heard about a trick from a professional mechanic who soaked water pumps 24 hours in pure antifreeze to "prime" the...
• Re: yet another water pump
  Historical mailing list - trooz
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 18:07:32 -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...
• Water Pump Lubricant?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:29:07 EST
  ...I have never added separate water pump lubricant. Recently, I'm doing the flush and fill deal on my other two cars, and I...
• Do I need to prime the sink water pump?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:23:03 -0400
  I replaced my sink water pump back in the spring, and haven't used it since. A few days ago I poured 4 litres...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Fri, 17 May 2002 22:42:26 -0400
  ...The outer pulley of the crankshaft drives the smaller outer pulley of the water pump. The inner pulley of the water pump is larger...
• 1.9 water pump replacement parts confusion
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:48:04 -0800
  I am forced to replace the water pump on my 85 westy while my foot is in a cast. Never done it before(while...
• Re: Weeping water pump and driver
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:26:22 -0400
  99.999999999% of all water pumps on vanagons are install wrong. IF you read the instructions that came with the pump, it states to...
• Fresh water pump experiment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:10:36 -0700
  Plumbed in a cheap diaphragm pump to the fresh water system. I wanted more oomph at the faucet, and the little bugger delivers. https...
• Re: Rocky Mountain Motorworks sale -- need a water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Does anyone know the part number for the 1.9 l water pump. Would this one work? Thanks, Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "80 Westy...
• Re: Should I "bother" replacing the waterpump?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 3 May 2004 15:48:23 -0400
  ...so far as i know, water pump in our '84 1.9 l is original, now 14 y and about 198 k mi, and...
• Re: Fan belt(replaced), Noise(gone)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 17 May 2000 11:15:48 +0100
  > I also removed the alternator belt and used Ken >Wilfeys hints to check it and the water pump for wear. There was only a...
• Weeping water pump and driver
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 03:19:48 EDT
  I replaced my water pump with a genuine VW water pump about 4 years and 30,000+ miles ago. It seems to be weeping...
• Re: Water pump manufacturers
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:27:07 -0800
  ...Water pump manufacturers > I went with the genuine VW dealer waterpump for my 1.9 liter. I think it cost > about $110. > > I had...
• VW Water Pump specifications
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:26:46 +1100
  ...Does anyone know the capacity of the 2.1 water pump. As seen from my last message I have the 2.7 Subi flat...
• 1980 Westfalia water pump question
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:12:32 -0800
  Vehicle = 1980 Westfalia Question is does the water tank have to have water in it for the water pump to get power? Steve
• domestic water pump not pumping '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - keithpike
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:04:37 -0230
  I was out at Belleview Beach last weekend and waterpump stopped pumping to the sink. I just opened the tank and I am out...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Mueller
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:09:42 -0700
  ...I do >> currently have two belts on hand; one from water pump to alternator >> and one from crank to water pump. Suggested configuration? >> >> -dm >>
• Re: how works the westy sink pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:48:35 +0000
  ...Check the pump with another hose and just put power to it and see if it puts out the expected amout of water. Maybe...
• Fw: water pump output
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:56:05 -0600
  ...Could/is this a sign of a weak water pump, or is this >>normal ? I havent had the luxury of water heat before this...
• Clean drinking water
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:21:50 -0400
  ...The problem is that the ceramic filter requires more pressure than the Westfalia water pump can provide. We bought a Shurflow pump and pressure...
• Re: Water Pump Question..............
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Gauthier
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 13:55:53 -0400
  Well, I've been replacing the water pump twice, before it began to leak, but it was VERY noisy. Bruno '88 GL >From: Mark...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:29:51 -0500
  I was discussing the repair of a 2.1L case with some damage under the water pump with a couple of mechanics. After studying...
• Weeping water pump and driver
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:14:44 -0700
  ...Weeping water pump and driver 99.999999999% of all water pumps on vanagons are install wrong. IF you read the instructions that came with...
• Re: vanagon water pump Q?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:45:41 +0000
  ...This will prolong the life of the pump due to less preloading on the bearing. This is the #1 cause of water pump failure...