[Vwdiesel] ALH vacuum pump

[Tad]

Loose nipple on the pump is normal... at least mine does it.

What symptoms lead you to the vacuum leak conclusion?

When my 01 Golf developed intermittent loss of boost, it turned out that the
fat hose coming off the pump had split right along the hose clamp.  It
wasn't immediately obvious from looking, but when I would get "on it", the
engine would move enough to open up the split and dump all the vacuum,
causing loss of boost control.

Another likely possibility is the hard plastic hose going to the brake
booster.  Mine was split along the backside at both ends and probably
leaking pretty good, but it wasn't obvious until I took it off.  That hose
is also $$$ to replace with OEM, but I just used a similarly-sized rubber
hose, and it seems to work fine... however others have argued that it
"could" collapse and cause loss of brake boost.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:42 AM, S P SHERMAN <spsherm at msn.com> wrote:

>
> My '00 Golf has a vacuum leak somewhere. I've done a quick inspection of
> the vac lines with no obvious culprits. One thing which I found that seems
> suspicious is that the  nipple on the vac pump itself is loose (the one the
> main vac lines goes on); it rotates and has some wobble where it enters the
> case of the pump.
>
> My question is, is this normal? Shouldn't the nipple be tight on the pump
> body? And if it is not right, does this nipple screw into the pump body or
> can it be tightened again?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
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