That water pump is on the eurovans and several audi and mercedes as well.
The mercedes I worked on had the pump connected with the cooling fan to
circulate water when the car is stopped.  I believe it is hooked up the same
way on the eurovans.

jimt

On 6/25/05 10:43 AM, "Gary Bawden" <mrarachnid@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Hmm... interesting!  I have often thought of adding an
> auxilliary electric pump to move the coolant through
> more efficiently.  Guess I'm not alone.
>
> As for the tachograph, that would be an option for
> commercial use.  Truckers call them "tattletales" - -
> what they are is a recording tachometer, which prints
> out a little sheet of paper on a graph showing the
> engine rpms during the operating period, typically a
> 24-hour period.  They are locked in a box, so that the
> employer can replace the paper daily and look at the
> rpm of the engine that his employee operated at.
> Someone who exceeds the operating rpm of the engine
> (for instance by going downhill at 95 mph) can then be
> fired.
>
> Anyways, I'll take this opportunity to say I really
> enjoy this list, even though I am not a frequent
> poster.
>
> Take care,
>
> Gary in Goldfield, NV
> '82 Vanagon Diesel (Anna)
> '85 Wasserboxer (AnnaBelle)
> '85 Wasserboxer (Hector)
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List
>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of John Bange
>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:29 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Crazy VW / was: Coolant Movement Problems
>>
>> I was just browsing through the ETKA illustrations,
>> hoping to jar my
>> memory as to which miscellaneous parts I still need
>> to replace, when I
>> ran across illustration 150-50
>> (model:T2,Year:90,MG:9,SG:65). It's an
>> "additional water pump", and it's electric. Now it
>> says it's for
>> models JX and KY which are the diesels, so this
>> certainly doesn't mean
>> that nutcase mechanic was right when he said the
>> wasserboxers have
>> "inherent cooling fluid movement problems"; but it
>> certainly goes to
>> show that there's practically no item so crazy that
>> VW didn't make one
>> as a Vanagon/Transporter option.
>>
>> Still can't figure out what the "tachograph" is for
>> (illustration
>> 149-10).
>>
>
>
>
>
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