Page 17 of Volkswagen Parts 2008 by PartsPlace Inc.

parts that are common to multiple cars your kids have asthma new vw diesel why have a $1000 electronic cleaner at your house and breathe air through this new vacuum pumps stop the yearly rebuild tired of rebuilding your vw diesel vacuum pump every year or two if you owned a vw rabbit or jetta diesel with the early diaphragm vacuum pump you probably rebuilt the vacuum pump every two years since 1981 when you bought the car they re relatively easy to rebuild they just have a rubber-like diaphragm this diaphragm springs a leak and all of a sudden your brakes are twice as hard to push down starting in 1984 vw changed to a rotary vein-type vacuum pump as the pump spins the vein is thrown out by centrifugal force against the inner circumference of the pump and this produces the seal which creates the vacuum these veins are made of a carbon type material and although they wear down as they rotate they last virtually forever these rotary vacuum pumps might last you 500,000 miles without replacement these rotary vacuum pumps were up until now only available used or from your vw dealer at about $400 each we found out that vw is still making this style of diesel and still using these rotary pumps in south america we contacted the oem supplier and purchased 200 of these pumps at the production price these pumps are a direct replacement for any vw vacuum pump for any vw diesel for 1977 through 1998 they come in two different sizes one for a 1.5-1.6 diesel and the other for 1.9 and early tdi diesels they look identical but the gear on the bottom and the diameter of the hole into which they fit on the block is slightly different they are not interchangeable however they are totally interchangeable with your old diaphragm style pump the air you are breathing came through this first 9 months later cabin air dust pollen filters take a good look at the filter on the bottom that s all the junk that these filters keep from getting in your car if you can t remember the last time yours was changed do it today and once every year at least every three months is better #sn17220 16.95 golf®/jetta® `93-05 golf/jetta/rabbit `05.5-08 sn20491 22.95 passat® `93-95 #sn15281 29.95 `96-97 #sn17827 19.95 `98-01.5 #sn18617 16.95 `01.5-05 #sn17220 16.95 beetle new `98-05 sn17220 .16.95 golf®/jetta® `90-92 #sn15282 27.95 special purchase dealer price 431.40 save $200.00 these things are mounted up under the hood near the wipers take about 5 minutes to change but stop don t do it like the dealers do just change the filter park the car near where you can get a vacuum cleaner to it take the filter then the screen then vacuum out all the dust beans and acorns blow out the screen with a can of computer compressed air then put it back in do this every 6 months don t bother if you smoke old style this kit rebuilds the old style diaphragm pumps new design a drop in replacement for the old style pump true story i bought a 98 passat 1.8 turbo wagon that my wife now drives brokentiming belt i rebuilt the engine etc and also changed the cabin filter and although this car with 100,000 miles had been regularly serviced at the dealer the cabin filter had a production date on it of 10/98 moral change it yourself new design rotary diesel vacuum pump 1980-1992 1.6 diesel #sn13743 229.95 plus core $20.00 diesel vacuum pumps 1993-1999.5 including 1.9 tdi and 1.9 early tdi #sn13744 $225.95 plus core $20.00 t-16 www.partsplaceinc.com 248-373-2300

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