Thread: 300tdi vacuum pump

I did mine 12 months or more ago and its got a small weep still, just enough for some dust to stick to.
The worst that can happen is the bottom of your D1 wont rust. I dont think it will come apart or stop working.

Dave

I did mine a few months ago for the 2nd time but thought i'd seal it up better while doing a head replacement and now its dry.

Mine was leaking dramatically and I did the fix. I don't think I applied enough sealant though as it's got a slight weep as above. Lasted about 3 months so far.
I'll do it again soon.

Carried out the rivet to bolt swap on my Tdi vacuum pump about 18 months ago, it still is functioning fine and has the smallest of oil weeps that requires a wipe when doing the 10,000 klm oil changes but no drama.
Some on here say that if the pump cover is leaking at the riveted joint that the whole pump is on the way out, I have found that it can be re-secured with little expense and effort and still work fine.
The leak is usually only a result of the "cheap" way the pump is put together from new. Gaz

Thanks all, I'll get started on it on Sunday, depending on how big a night Saturday turns out to be!

More than 3 years ago the original Wabco vacuum pump started leaking from the usual rivetted join.

As I was about to enter the Simpson Desert I thought the better of leaving it on and so swapped it out for a new Britpart pump from the UK.

Within 2 months the Britpart was also leaking from said joint.

The old Wabco went back in - with rivets done away with in the usual fashion and it's been fine ever since. The Britpart one - minus the rivets - is now a spare.

All that being said, the old Wabco has always had an ever so slight weep from one of the welsh plugs but it's never amounted to anything more. Anyone had one of these plugs pop on them?