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Category: Tech Tips
Brake Wheel Cylinder Bleeder Valve Caps – Are they Important?
When you buy a Brake Wheel Cylinder a for your Beetle (or other VW), it comes complete with a Bleeder Valve and a Rubber Cap for the Valve. This pair, the Valve and the Cap, …
Oil Pressure Relief Valve – 1967 H0-xxx-xxx Engine 1500 series – Part II
PRACTICALITY: Oil Pressure Relief Valve Part II What does an examination of the Oil Pressure Relief Valve mean for us as we drive our 1967 Beetles? First, we must recognize that the Volkswagen Engineers carefully …
Oil Pressure Relief Valve – 1967 H0-xxx-xxx Engine 1500 series – Part I
I never had studied the Oil Pressure Relief System. A young VW friend called to tell me about “some sort of oil pressure problem” he was having. As it turned out, it was unrelated to …
Vintage Volkswagens – Resolving Shipping Complaints
A fellow Volkswagener and I were reviewing some feedback for a major VW parts retailer and a repair shop. While everyone will make a mistake now and then, and while parts sometimes prematurely fail, the …
Vintage VW Fuel Pump Flange – An Important Discussion
I was working on another fuel related issue, when Fuel Pump Pressure became the focus at one point. While Insufficient Pressure will be a problem—a plugged Fuel Strainer at the Tank or plugged Fuel Filter …