[Vwdiesel] Another leaky pump.....

[Lee Hillsgrove]

  Seems like there is a bunch of them lately. Add mine to the list.  :-((

 '85 Jetta 1.6 NA, 143K, car has been sitting since last Fall when I parked
it for the winter. No sign of the leak then. Now, when I went to fire it up
to do the front brakes and get it ready for the road, it took some cranking
to get it started and I noticed some diesel fuel on the ground under it.
There is a steady drip from between the distribution block and body of the
pump while it is running which gets worse with increased RPM. Apparently it
drips enough to make the pump lose prime over a long period of time, too.
That has never happened to me before.
 I need to get the car running ASAP for wife to drive, as her car is out of
commission due to a moose strike and the rental car has to go back soon. I
wasn't expecting to find this or I would have got started on it earlier.
 I have a spare '86 pump to swap in, but none of the required special tools
to do so. I know I will need the cam lock plate, pump lock pin, tensioner
pin wrench, and dial indicator with adapter. Am I missing anything? Might as
well change the timing belt while I'm in there, so that means a new belt and
tensioner. I don't think I want to tackle the water pump or crank/cam/aux.
shaft seals right now due to time constraints, although I know that now
would be the time to do them.
 Best prices I have found online are from Adirondack  - $9 for the pump pin,
$15 for the cam plate, and $125 for the indicator and adapter. The pin
wrench can be found on eBay for $9.99 + $3.50. They also have the belt for
$13.50 and the tensioner for $19. Sound about right?
 Any problem upgrading to an '86 pump with the idle speed increase? The cold
start advance knob should be the same, right? Only difference I can think of
is that the '86 car has a detent in the knob to help denote the difference
between just timing advance and idle speed increase with timing advance. At
least it feels like there is a detent there. Whoopee.
 Took the car out for a road test after doing the front brakes. I haven't
driven it since I got my TDI in November. Where'd the power go? This thing
needs a turbo!

 Comments welcome,

  Lee
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