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Date:         Fri, 1 May 1998 10:47:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
Comments: To: Steven Cu <steven@PWORLD.NET.PH>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <199805011248.UAA02309@rajah2.pworld.net.ph>
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At 10:39 AM 5/1/98 +0800, Steven Cu wrote: >Will the heavy duty pump work on my 82 Westy 2.0 Aircooled, I overhauled >the engine at 86,000 miles had it balanced and polished, new heads and an >external oil cooler. Everything is working well but I would like to >improve the oil pressure. *************************************************

No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based engined Vanagons is an entirely (and expensive) beast. The only company making a heavy duty oil pump for the 1.7/1.8/2.0 is Melling and IMHO it's a piece o' s**t. Leaks worse than a wire canoe because the oil pump body is cast iron and with the aluminum case of your engine does not expand at the same rate when warming up. Tried one once, despite advice from others not to. I had LESS oil pressure. Pulled it, put back in the stock pump.

My advice is stick with the OE Oil Pump.

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