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Hi Folks. My Marco Mansi pump arrived yesterday so I'm planning to switch out this morning. A quick question: Do I need to drain the oil and coolant before I start?

need to drain some coolant to remove the coolant pipe that runs over pump.
yes drain oil.

Thanks Paul. Job done. Closer to 8 hours than 1.

Worth the effort and the cost though. Getting just over 2 Bar at 2000 rpm at 80 Deg. Not ideal but a lot better than where I was a couple of weeks ago.

Here’s the new pump and a few photos of the pump and the job.

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Excellent news, that pump is a work of art, don't forget to tell Marco he will appreciate the feedback.

What oil is giving you 2 bar at 80 degC 2000rpm is it 15w40? or 15W50?

itchyfeet wrote:What oil is giving you 2 bar at 80 degC 2000rpm is it 15w40? or 15W50?

20W50 but then same oil was giving me 1 bar @ 80 Deg before the oil pump replacement.

It looks as if the carburetor I got is a genuine 2E3 after all. It’s missing a stud. Thinking I might strip it down at the weekend and see what condition it’s in.












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Here are the bits I got with it. I have a DG inlet manifold and DG heads on a DG block. What am I missing to finish my air inlet system?




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Have a look here for the parts diagram for the air filter-

https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/typ+ ... 129-22015/

and here for the water pipes - more difficult to see here, and you might already have all you need

https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/typ+ ... 121-16016/

Hopefully someone will be along shortly with a quick answer.. I don't have a 2e3 carb setup

Thanks Carter’s. There must be square filters as well as circular ones. Good to know.


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Your spellcheckers messing things up:)

I must admit I didn't recognise the square filter either

Oops, sorry Carrera. Tapatalk's auto-correct took over.

Ciaraneng wrote:Thanks Carter’s. There must be square filters as well as circular ones. Good to know.


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early DGs had square as far as I know

get a pic up of your entire engine bay and we can help with hoses, there is one that's very expensive if I remember from expansion tank to carb

Here it is in all its glory Paul. Part man, part machine, part domestic plumbing...