PS pump reseal

[Bernie Benz]

Eyvind,
IMO, you're asking for trouble if you fix what ain't broke!  Wash the pump
down with Gunk and find the leak.  Most probably just one of the cylinder
head O-rings.  Replace just the leaking one.  You can buy the O-ring for a
few cents, return the seal kit.

Bernie 

> From: "Eyvind Spangen" <200q20v at bluezone.no>
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 18:03:27 +0200
> To: "200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Subject: PS pump reseal
> 
> My PS pump developed a leak a few days ago, and I have the Bentley manual
> with rebuilt instructions. I ordered the seal kit and 8 new "X"-caps. The
> pump was working just fine before the leak and was still working fine after
> it started leaking. The shaft seal seems dry, the leak seems to come from
> either one of the X-caps or the connection between front and rear pump
> halves. Do you think this reseal will be sucess or failure? I have read
> about pressure valves that stopped working, but I guess I don't need to
> replace this because my pump was working just fine before, right?
> 
> -- 
> Thanks a lot,
> E. Spangen
> 
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