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Subject:Re: Oil seal replacemets
From:Jay lefstein <jleftbrane@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:16:13 -0700

Sorry, it's a 2.1 in an 87 syncro full westy..

Thank you,
Jay Lefstein.
Sent from my mobile device.

On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jay -
>  
> You didn't indicate Air or Water Cooled, but the cover gasket (paper) is the same.  In either case, the rear engine carrier some of the exhaust (Air Cooled - also the Fan Housing) will have to be removed to access the oil pump.  With the engine in its a real PITA, but it can be done.
>  
> 111 115 111 B - Oil Pump Cover
>  
> Note - This a very thin gasket by design, so NO gasket sealer is to be used so that there is a specific spacing tolerance between the gears and the cover. The cover may be worn, so you may have to lightly re-surface it to get the pump grooves eliminated.
>  
> Yer leak MAY be a crank pulley seal going bad - this is a more common leak
>  
> Air Cooled 2.0 - 021 105 247 A
>  
> Water Cooled - 025 105 247 A
> -- 
> Jim Thompson
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> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Jay lefstein <jleftbrane@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey good vanagon citizens..
> I am plauged with more then a typical spot marking oil leak or 4... I think it may be the oil pump coverplate.. Anyways, has anybody got a quick and easy method for this... Or any method??
> 
> Thank you,
> Jay Lefstein.
> Sent from my mobile device.

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