Hi Scott,

I had a 1.9 water pump fail on my Dad's 85 Sunroof van last winter. It
made an awful racket; rattling quite loudly even though it barely leaked
a drop.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> Nice thought there on lubing the water pump ......
> except ...........I've never seen a noisy water pump on a vanagon .....
> squeaky glazed noisy v-belt .........yes, but not the w. pump itself.
>
> what I use is machinist's water soluble oil, about a cup or two in the
> whole
> cooling system.
> Been doing this on cars over 20 years now, with excellent results always.
>
> I'm wondering if it's a rattle in the engine.
> Would still like a description of the sound ...........rattle, squeak,
> clunk, etc. That might help.
>
> here's an interesting thing I have noticed about noises from the engine
> area
> of cars.
> You can often hear the sound better from 30 feet away, than you can being
> right at the engine.
> When you're right by the engine .........the sound you want to concentrate
> on gets lost in all the other sounds.
>
> of course.........a hardwood listening stick, or stethoscope is great
> fun to
> use listening around on an engine.
> Many parts make sounds when you listen to them specifically and for their
> internal sounds. Injectors click, distributors make a whirring sound,
> alternators make bearing sounds, rocker arms make clicky sounds , etc. etc.
> It's worth doing just for the learning more about car repair and your
> vanagon .
> Can't hurt, that's for sure.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in
> neutral when depressing accelerator
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Harold Teer<teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Now, I am starting to think it could be the water pump. Not leaking yet
>> that I can see and I have lost no coolant in the 1,000 miles since we
>> have
>> left home.
>>
>> What do you think? Will try and check email this evening or in the
>> morning.
>
> I seem to recall Scott Daniels (of turbo vans) posts regarding a
> cooling system additive that helps lubricate parts. Sorry. Can't
> recall brand/application etc.
>
> Assuming water pump is making the noise, you might want to search the
> archives under his name. If this stuff is suitable for this, it may
> help "nurse" the pump along.
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>
>

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Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca