[Vwdiesel] Vacuum Pump

[Roger Brown]

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> If I remember correctly, the diaphragm ones are the
> earlier style, right?
> 
> 
> 
>   Yep, about 8 slot headed screws around an aluminum body "on its side.
> You usually don't need the valves that come in the full kit.

VW has 2 kits for that pump, the diaphram and seals and a 2nd kit w/ the check valves.  It is usually one or the other you need, 
pop the cover off and have a look and see what the problem is and then get the right parts.  Also, consider venting the pump up 
to the valve cover by adding a tee fitting at the pump and the VC breather and rubbing some tubing between the two.  You can see 
the connecting hose just left of center on the picture below:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/Images/vw82_engine.jpg

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    Roger