[Vwdiesel] Re: Another leaky pump.....

[Lee Hillsgrove]

  Thanks to all for the suggestions.

I'll probably try running some type F ATF through it and let it sit for a
day or so and see if that helps. I'd like to think that it will clear the
problem up. Do you suppose I should add a quart to the tank or pull the line
from the pump and feed it in directly? I'm going to go ahead and get the
tools in case it doesn't, though. Good excuse to buy tools.  :-))

I have a Mitutoyo digital dial indicator at work which uses a .375" shank
and has a threaded on end. It has a range of about 0-12 mm with .01 mm
resolution. It is about 2 3/8" around and 1 1/2" thick. Is this too big to
fit in there next to the pump? If not, does this have the correct shank to
fit the adapter? The adapter is considerably less than the adapter and gauge
together, but if my gauge is too big to get in there, it will obviously do
me no good. I have an inch one with 1" of travel and .001" graduations, too,
but it is the same overall size as the metric one. I'm thinking that these
will be too big to get in around the injector lines.

The seal in question is a rubber o-ring, not a gasket. I figure since the
pump is unusable as-is, it's worth trying some ATF, even if it does contain
"friction modifiers". I doubt that a short, intense dose will kill the pump
outright or hurt it to any great degree.

 I'll reconsider doing the water pump half if I do get in there. It would be
the pits to have to pull it apart again in a few months when I was almost
there.


 The leak is definitely coming from between the distribution block and the
pump body. I only wish that the return lines on the injectors were leaking.

 James, you can keep the moose to yourself. I read in the paper that a
motorcyclist was killed when he struck a moose on the highway over the
weekend. He was one of 3 to die on bikes in an 18 hour period here in NH.
The others didn't hit moose, though. One went off the road and struck a
parked backhoe, and the other was in the final hour of a training course
when she hit a curb and was thrown headfirst into a metal building.

 Drive carefully, and happy clattering!

  Lee
  Oo-v-oO
  PP-ASEL
  KB1GNI