Sounds to me like the WP bearings are making some noise. Remove the belt and
spin the pulley by hand. You should feel a slight drag from the seal but
there should not be any roughness or wobble. Some of those noises are from
the water rushing through the engine.

Get those valves properly adjusted. They sound like they have clearance. The
rocker screws and tops of the valves are probably mushroomed over form the
banging. The tops of the lifters and cam lobes are also getting beaten.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of B
Feddish
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:04 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Is it the waterpump... Hear it live...

OK, I just recorded my engine in the parking lot at work. I am putting a
cheater bar up to the mic to listen to engine sounds. Whats everyones
concesus on that water pump?

http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw click on the link at the top.

Thanks,
Bryan