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Date:         Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:53:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil pump size differences? Boston Bob Customers?
Comments: To: bostneng@FCL-US.NET
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Doesn't it just really piss you off when people are talking about you rather than to you?. If I've got a question for Bob or any other vendor I either pick up the phone and call or send an E mail addressing my concerns. I've never had vague or miss leading responses from any list vendor. Responses from 100 persons not building that engine are worth exactly nothing. References for a supplier or a product are a different story. I have personally 'Shut Deals Down' on some of my engine / parts sales simply because the purchasers went to the list first and got so pumped full of crap that I knew a new OEM VW Engine in the original shipping crate at $200.00 would not have made them happy. I hope that this will be my only rant for Fiday.

Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia

Oil pressure is influenced by lots of things the viscosity and temperature of the oil the clearances of the rod and main bearings to the crankshaft journals the fit of the oil pump to the case and the thickness of the gasket between the pump and the pump cover. One of the oil pressure problems people have experienced when they buy a rebuilt or reassembled engine is with the new after market oil pumps. These new pumps don't fit as tight in the case and the pressure loss at oil pump bore in the case and the pump body can be significant. All WBX gasket sets I have seen include a gasket for the pump cover that measures .006ths. The part number for these gaskets is the same as the old bug gaskets those have always measured .004ths.that extra 002ths can cost allot of oil pressure when the oil is hot.

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