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General Information => General => Topic started by: burn_your_money on March 24, 2007, 03:36:53 pm
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Drain/replace/flush your water seperater. The one by the rear axle. I pulled one today that had 400k kms on it and you wouldn't beleive the crap that came out, so I took pictures. No wonder you get air in the lines :shock:
btw pictures will arrive later, I didn't have my camera at the time
It's actually probably best to just delete it. Only mk2s have it, none of the later diesels do
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man i went to drain 3 all together in all my diesel and non would ever seal again lol
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I'm not sure how they seal as I only have a VW engine, but from working in water treatment, if they have o-rings, you need to remove them and clean them and the grooves they fit in. when water filters leak, it is always dirt/crud under the o-ring.
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MMM look at all the yummy stuff that was in there
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/burnyourmoney/stuff002.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/burnyourmoney/stuff001.jpg)
It's from this thing incase anyone is confused
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/burnyourmoney/stuff004.jpg)
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I'm not sure how they seal as I only have a VW engine, but from working in water treatment, if they have o-rings, you need to remove them and clean them and the grooves they fit in. when water filters leak, it is always dirt/crud under the o-ring.
i second that... whenever i work with o-ring's and am re-using them, i always clean them thoroughly. as well as the mating surfaces. but i doubt it would leak that bad though.. we're only talking about 5 psi or so right???