Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:52:32 -0700
Reply-To: Rachel Cogent <cogent@GNTECH.NET>
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From: Rachel Cogent <cogent@GNTECH.NET>
Subject: Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
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Are you feeling any resistance in the electric drill? My experience is that
the pump when turning puts a LOT of torque onthe drill. Are you saying there
is none? The pump is actually submerged, how can it not be pulling oil? Are
you sure your'e getting traction with your 13 mm socket?
Entity Tobin Copley spoke thus:
> Okay, frustrating problem here with my 1.6L diesel vanagon:
>
> Having had my oil pan off and oil pump off, on reassembly I can't
> seem to get the oil pump primed and pumping.
>
> I have removed the oil pressure sender and want to get oil through
> the engine (ie, oil pumping out the O/P sender hole) before firing
> the engine, to ensure I have lubrication before starting it.
>
> I've tried to prime it through cranking with the fuel shut-off
> solenoid disconnected from the injection pump, but even after 15 or
> 20 10 second goes at cranking the starter, no oil out the hole.
> Flattened battery, but no oil.
>
> I've tried removing the vacuum pump and spinning the oil pump
> directly with a 13mm socket attached to an electric drill, but still
> no oil out the O/P sender hole.
>
> What gives?
>
> I just replaced the main and rod bearings, and doubt very much I have
> a blockage somewhere, since I had oil pressure when I started the
> work. Low oil pressure at idle, okay, but oil pressure
> nonetheless--certainly not a blockage.
>
> I'm guessing I'm just sucking air somehow at the oil pump. Yes, I do
> have 4L of new oil in it. Jim Arnott had suggested I pack the pump
> and pick-up tube with Vaseline to help prime, and a) I thought that
> was a little weird (par for the course with Jim ;-) ), and b) I
> didn't have gobs of Vaseline lying around.
>
> Ideas? Should I pull the damn oil pan off again (aaargh!) and blow
> the big bucks on a bucket of Vaseline, or does someone else have
> other ideas?
>
> I really wasn't expecting to have this problem!
>
> Thanks,
>
> T.
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W
>
> '82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
> '97 son Russell =============
> '99 daughter Margaret /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
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