Re: Oil Pump

["Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>]

I've heard that they should be filled with Vaseline before installation,
which will sit there till the engine is started, at which point it gets
flushed out by the oil.

PaulH.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
To: <mts3@ra.msstate.edu>; MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Oil Pump


> I had a similar problem with a VW engine I rebuilt.  I had reassembled
> the oil pump "dry" rather than filled with oil.  My dad patiently
> explained that oil pumps are not necessarily self-priming.