Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:16:19 -0500
Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
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Think about it!
Call a VW Dealer and ask him if it requires a gasket.
If its an oil pump and it can leak oil to the outside it just stands to
reason it requires a gasket.
I have an 83 AirCooled and it has a gasket between the case and the front
housing of the pump.
If the pump is an internal part (and thats what it looks like to me) that
would only leak back inside the engine it could possibly just be a
precision machine fit.
It looks to me like a precision fit ring that goes from the block to the
oil pump.
See picture at http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/pump-d.jpg
To prime this pump: Remove the outside housing that holds the oil cooler,
oil filter and pump STP down the hole with a hand held squirt gun or
Turkey Baster, fill it till it overruns and re-assemble the outside
components. You can also turn the engine with the starter after you get
the parts back on (oil filter off) and see if it primed properly.
Stan Wilder
83 Aircooled Westfalia
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:29:50 -0700 Rachel Cogent <cogent@GNTECH.NET>
writes:
> I thought what Dana Morphew meant was that "IT TAKES" a gasket, not
> that "IT
> NEEDS" a gasket.
> In other words, if you put a gasket in you're a fool.
>
>
> Entity Michael Snow spoke thus:
>
> > I could be wrong, but neither Bentley nor ETKA show a gasket that
> I can see.
> > How could you accureately set the pump gear end-play with a gasket
> between
> > the block and oil pump as an added variable?
> >
> > Mike Snow
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On
> Behalf
> >> Of Dana Morphew
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 9:13 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
> >>
> >>
> >> Yep, it takes a gasket.
> >> -Dana-
> >>
> >>> As long as we are on the subject, does a gasket go between the
> pump and
> >>> block?
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