[Vwdiesel] pulley alignment

[peter blake]

Hayden,
  What is the difference and how does one go about determining
the correct pump?
Peter


--- On Thu, 11/24/11, dieseltdi at verizon.net <dieseltdi at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: dieseltdi at verizon.net <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] pulley alignment
> To: "peter blake" <pila47 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 7:04 PM
> There is a difference in the water
> pumps and the pulleys so you will need to make sure you have
> the right ones for the engine.  Hayden
> 
> On Nov 24, 2011, at 6:45 PM, peter blake wrote:
> 
> >  Happy turkey day everybody!
> > I'm in the process of changing my timing belt and
> water pump.
> > It appears that the crank pulley is behind the water
> pump pulley
> > by about 3/16 of an inch.  This is not the first
> time I've 
> > encountered pulley misalignment on these vws. In fact,
> the last
> > three engines I've worked on all had some kind of out
> of plane
> > misalignment. Is this chronic w vws?  Do I just
> need to space
> > the crank pulley out  a bit? Or find another
> pulley? Or maybe 
> > there is a short nose version of the water pump. Or
> perhaps a
> > water pump pulley that is in align w the crank
> pulley.
> > Have u all encountered this and what have u done to
> remedy the
> > situation?
> > Peter
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