[Vwdiesel] IP Leaks: ?

[Erik Lane]

Yeah, that seal is relatively easy to replace, but the pump really
needs to be pulled off and sitting on the bench to do it. If the fuel
is leaking from behind the pump then it's almost certainly that seal.
The only other thing could be the top seal on the pump, but that one
really doesn't go bad much, and it would be easy to see if it was
leaking from up there with a mirror or something. There are two seals
on the cold start lever - one between the housing and the flange, and
one between the flange and the shaft. You can get them in a kit of a
bunch of seals off of ebay, but it's supposed to be fairly easy to get
just those two from a Bosch fuel injection place. I've never tried
that way. They are both just o-rings, but one of them is a little bit
of a unique size so it's hard to match just from a standard set.

Erik



On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Terry Briggs <vbriggs at stny.rr.com> wrote:
> I could be mistaken but generally when you have a leak on the back
> side, it's from the cold start lever area. fixable, but ya gotta pull
> the ip I think.
> On Jun 14, 2008, at 11:33 PM, William Longyard wrote:
>
>> I've got a fuel leak and it SEEMS to be coming from the back side of
>> my IP.
>> (The side closest to the engine.)  Is there a seal back there that
>> goes bad,
>> or am I missing the true source of the leak?  I understand this is
>> common
>> now with the fuel available.
>>
>> Thanks for any tips,
>> Bill L.
>>
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