Don't do anything yet!!!!!!!!!!!

I had the exact same problem with my VW Pickup when I put in a 1983 Turbo
Diesel motor.  The pump started leaking right from where you describe almost
immediately after I installed the motor.  I asked the same questions you
have asked and discovered that there is an o-ring in there.  I waited and
after about a week, it stopped.

The only thing I did was run straight automatic transmission fluid through
it.  (Someone on the list told me it will swell the seals which sometimes
shrink from standing awhile).  I did that and I've been dry as a bone ever
since.  I would be willing to bet that your donor motor sat for a bit before
installation just like mine.  The ATF is  worth a try.

Now, I've a question for you, I am fascinated by the transmission used in
the Diesel Vanagons.  Is it a straight bolt up to the Rabbit motor?  If so,
is the tranny found in the Diesel Vanagon different from the tranny found in
all Gas Vanagons?  Water cooled?  Air cooled?  My question really is, what
Vanagon trannies will bolt up to a Rabbit motor?

Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Snow <mwsnow@home.com>
To: Vanagon List <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; VWDiesel List
<diesel@vwfans.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 7:23 PM
Subject: [DIESEL] Leaking diesel injector pump... Please help

>Last weekend, my Westy got an engine transplant.  I (with much
>assistance from Mark Drillock) installed a used 1.6lTD from a
>1984 Jetta.  I have a leak in the injector pump at the junction
>between the pump body and the fuel distribution block at the rear
>of the pump.  I cannot find a manual that shows an exploded view
>of a VE pump.  There appears to be some type of gasket in this
>seam.  I have tested all the bolts at the rear of the pump and
>they are tight.
>
>Can someone tell me if there is actually a gasket in there?  If I
>can actually find one, what are the consequences of removing the
>fuel distribution block from the pump?  I don't want to buy a
>pump, but I don't want to destroy this one in an amateur attempt
>to repair it.  Has anyone else done this?
>
>Mike Snow
>1982 Westfalia 1.6TD
>
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