Date:         Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:50:59 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Leaking Vanagon fuel pump case?
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In a message dated 19/12/2006 6:03:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Hello,  anyone ever heard of a leaking Vanagon ,Bosh fuel pump? I mean
leaking at the  connector section.Not from a filter. I searched the archives from
May 2000. I  found 422 mentions of fuel pumps.Most were for noisy pumps. non for
leaking  cases.There is an o-ring that seals the end up. Never seen one leak,
 myself.Roger





Sorry to say they do leak.  From corrosion  where the steel metal strap
touches the Aluminium casing around the  middle.  Guess the Germans did not know
that steel and aluminium were not  supposed to touch one another.  Then they can
leak from the crimped end,  there's an O-ring in there that goes bad, once
again from corrosion of the  aluminium.  I have successfully repaired both
scenarios.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa  Valley
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