[Vwdiesel] Re: Getting a Jetta 1985 NA going.

[S Boser]

I wanted to add to Loren's response with an experience I had last week. I 
purchased a 1981 rabbit from a friend, it had a leaking injection pump, 
other than that it ran great, I figured I could replace the seal and be good 
to go. Well the answer to that at least in my case was "wrong!"
I found a replacement seal from a local bearing distributor for about $3.00. 
I cleaned up the engine and carefully removed the old seal and pressed the 
new seal in place. No more leak, I drove the car to work the next day, about 
20 miles checked the seal, no leak, got off of work and drove about 19 
miles, while sitting at a light I noticed the truck in front of me was 
smoking quite a bit, the light turned green and off he went, but the smoke 
wasn't coming from his truck it was coming from under the hood of my car, I 
got it across the intersection and popped the hood only to find the new seal 
was leaking much worse than the seal that was originally on the car.
At least in my case, replacing the seal was just a waste of my time.
I bought a new pump from Halsey automotive and after tweeking the volume 
setting it appears to be working fine. I'll post a question on how to 
properly set pump volume so I can get it right.

Thanks Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Re: Getting a Jetta 1985 NA going.


> In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:02:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> fudny at aol.com
> writes:
>
>>  So I figure I would yank the pump. As soon as I pulled the drive
>> pulley off the fuel just poured out of the shaft seal. I guess this
>> would have been severe enough to not allow my pump to draw fuel.
>> correct?y
>>
>>  If this is correct how is the safest way to remove it. I have a
>> bearing supplier nearby, anyone know the dimensions? if not I'll pull
>> it and bring it along.
>>
>
>  That's what I thought at first too.  It's a bushing not a bearing.  The 
> way
>
> to fix it is to send it in where the pump housing is emptied of components
> and either a new bushing is installed and honed to size or the case is
> bored and a bushing installed.  (Unless you have the machinery to do
> it yourself!)  :-)  You can do a new seal by carefully removing the old 
> one
> but if the bushing is worn much that's a short term band aid at best.
>
>  This all brings about the way to check for a worn bearing is in the
> vector of the pull from the timing belt, not just a general wiggle test
> as would be the case with a bearing.
>     Loren
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