Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

That oil pump shaft bushing is really soft. I knocked it out with a 3/8 extension and it dented the metal where it won't go back on the shaft unless you hit it with a die grinder. Gotta use an exact size socket for knocking that bushing in (or out) to avoid having to do it over. Btw, the oil feed ho...

The insulation to wiring harness was falling off on my mk4 golf. Worth taking a look, I was just changing a bulb and found out both sides were wasted. Potential fire hazard. There is a company making them because it's such a common failure https://www.tunemyeuro.com/headlights/ The golf headlamps we...

I've always felt like the most everything about the mk4 jettas were a little better than the golfs,
except that it's a sedan.

Good save picking up the pieces of that (wtf?).
I've never seen so many things wrong about a tailpipe.
Exhaust, bumper, barber shop sign, rain gauge - all in one.
Very Dr. Seuss

It came with an alh intake too. Just found a post where andrew gives the part number for the oil pump bushing, https://www.jimellisvwparts.com/products/Volkswagen-VW/Passat/BUSHING/5134960/056103541.html better pic https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/oil-pump-bush-general-vw-use.html One of the few discuss...

I know this has too many possible factors going on, in addition to me not knowing how the engine was really put together, IN ADDITION to me not being willing to just start taking things apart to measure gaps. Even just plastigaging the cam caps - after reading posts about people cracking caps like i...

I ran the same filter in the previous engine and it had no oil pressure reduction.

Pentius "UltraFlow" PLB3569
I'm thinking it doesn't put up much resistance. Pretty large. Despite the fancy name, it's Made in China
My 1.6D filters get put on a little more than just hand tight, I use a filter wrench.

The new rubber seal in the vac pump gear looked much better, tighter, but didn't change anything significantly. I dropped the idle a bit and am surprised the oil pressure stayed the same. My dynamic numbers are about the same as the OP in this 5-post thread https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/1-6-diese...

Dang, just called busdepot and they DON'T have the 36mm oil pump. "Sorry..."

Reading up on removing cam caps, might be a bad move for ME to start playing with those things. Reading up on oil pressure vs oil flow also has me thinking I may be wrong about this being a real issue. Now most of this is just hear-say, as I didn't even remove the head: I bought this from a guy who ...

While waiting on the little vac pump seal, I been searching for a 36mm oil pump and those things are practically NLA. there's pretty much ONLY this https://www.partsplaceinc.com/vw-diesel-oil-pump-20712/reviews/ I did find something on ebay but the part number I can't cross-reference anywhere https:...

Central Florida on the East coast. Cars rust from the top down quick. I'm surprised that most people here still don't understand how rust works. My efforts to thwart rust without doing a full paint job has ended up with ospho, cosmoline or epoxy resin/putty. Doesn't look nice, but it holds the rust ...

This is for the scirocco. I wouldn't say it's a nice looking car. No a/c and a bit clunky but it's pleasant in other ways. No strange smells of decomposing plastics, everything is pretty much fossilized. The 86 golf isn't plated, just stored in the back waiting :roll: Thanks for the deal link, but t...

It's tough having to mess with older cars, but being able to legally use the older engines and gearboxes is gold is this crazy car-world we live in. And yea, shredder scrap is going for .10/lb here. Bad news for old cars, bad sign for the Dollar. That engine is said to be bored .30 over and have for...