[Vwdiesel] Re: Vacuum Pump JPEGs (fwd)

[Gary Shea]

Hi Sandy -- I tried to send you this mail directly but your provider's
SMTP program seems to think I'm a spammer.  Ah well :)


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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:38:24 -0700 (MST)
From: Gary Shea <shea at gtsdesign.com>
To: Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net>
Subject: Re: Vacuum Pump JPEGs

Hi Sandy --

Thanks a bunch for going to all this effort, my Rabbit loves you :)

I will look them over closely as soon as I go get a new diaphragm, which
should be Thursday... I'm getting all too used to driving w/o the vacuum
assist :)

I bet it'll turn out to be the extra travel.  I'm curious about the
blowby too, this is a 235K engine, new rings 10-15K ago, but wearing
fast, plenty of blowby.  The crankcase should be venting well enough
from the valve cover but it's definitely worth a second look.

Oh, the kit I got, can't remember the source but it's OEM, comes with
one of those non-loosening nuts.  That's what was on the original too.
If the next one doesn't come with one of those, I'll use the thread
locker fer shur.

Thanks YET AGAIN!

        Gary


On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, at 17:43 [-0500], Sandy Cameron (scameron at compmore.net...:

> Here is most of the proceedure frome Haynes
> 
> Sorry I did not know about the EXTRA travel that needed to be programmed in
> (but I'm not surprised)
> 
> Done right, these things last nearly as long as the engine, and i would be
> cautious of high blowby and/or poor crankase breathing over-pressuring the
> outlet side of the pump, puting extra atrain on the diaphragm. It outlets to
> the crankcase, so crankcase must be adequately vented.
> 
> Sandy
>