At 10:39 AM 5/1/98 +0800, Steven Cu wrote:
>Will the heavy duty pump work on my 82 Westy 2.0 Aircooled, I overhauled
>the engine at 86,000 miles had it balanced and polished, new heads and an
>external  oil cooler. Everything is working well but I would like to
>improve the oil pressure.
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No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based engined Vanagons is an
entirely (and expensive) beast.  The only company making a heavy duty oil
pump for the 1.7/1.8/2.0 is Melling and IMHO it's a piece o' s**t.  Leaks
worse than a wire canoe because the oil pump body is cast iron and with the
aluminum case of your engine does not expand at the same rate when warming
up.  Tried one once, despite advice from others not to.  I had LESS oil
pressure.  Pulled it, put back in the stock pump.

My advice is stick with the OE Oil Pump.

Jim Thompson
84 Westy 2.1 * 62 Beetle * 90 Fox Wagon
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