I have replaced them many times and never had any significant amount of oil leak out while doing so. You might get a drop or two. I usually pull the old one and put the new one right back in so maybe if you let it set for a day without anything in the hole you might get some leakage, I don't know. You should not run into any problems. Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Allan Streib wrote: > I have a new sender on order, supposed to arrive tomorrow. Will I > need to drain the case to change this out, or is there only oil there > when the pump is turning? > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL > > |
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