Someone out there may know a parts source for me: a dismantler in Canada, UK or Europe, maybe. I need a tubular steel type oil pump pickup pipe as was fitted to later model diesel or turbodiesel transporters (the vanagon bodied type). The part was not used on the '82 and '83 diesel Vanagons imported to the US. The US ones have a cast aluminum oil pump pick up pipe that is integral with the oil pump cover. Unfortunately, when my old engine lost a rod bearing, the pieces were sucked up and they destroyed the face of my old-type oil pump cover/pick up pipe. My new engine is a later type diesel that has the new oil pump but the oil pickup tube is for the Rabbit/Golf application, not the Vanagon. The Vanagon type is longer and with a different bend. My local VW dealer parts man can special order a new oil pump and pickup pipe complete, but it would be very, very expensive. I think the price quoted was $270. Similar new oil pumps with pickup pipes are $95 for diesel rabbits/golfs. Help! Can someone refer me to possible sources of a good used part? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mike Catlin mike_catlin@fire.ca.gov '82 Vanagon diesel '84 Jetta turbodiesel '78 Rabbit diesel '78 Rabbit f.i. (the $150 car that won't die)
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