I have had those "little suckers" fail (no pun intended) but I cant say I
remember just what happened besides the pump wouldn't work. I took a good
valve out of another pump and it worked fine. I do remember those little
valves were spendy, there easy enough to check just make sure you putem
back, the way they came out :-)
Regards Steve Van Cleve
Marrowstone Isl Wa
"85" Euro 240D 5 spd 110K
"79" 240D 5spd fresh tranny transplan
"82" Euro 300 TD non turbo, project wagon
"94" Dodge, 2500, 5 spd, 5.9 Cummins, 95K
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:20:05 -0700
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Okay. boys...this vacuum pump deal is getting odd.
All the other failures I've ever experienced has had oil spewing into the
air cleaner housing. This failure is different.
The car will not shut off (I've checked the shutoff valve SAT...it holds
vacuum like mad). There is NO oil getting into the air cleaner housing. The
cruise still works. The HVAC is no wierder than usual. But there seems to
be oil getting into the vacuum lines where oil hasn't been before.
When the main check valves in the vacuum pump fail, what happens?
Any ideas.
Bob Rentfro (if the hood release cable fails, I ain't goin' nowhere)
'77 300D 141K
Litchfield Park, AZ
