oil pump gasket??

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

not only is there no gasket, but if you installed one, the pump would not
work correctly.
dont even put form-a-gasket or any other sealant on this union.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:08 PM
Subject: oil pump gasket??


> Fishing up the wifes cabby project and I'm slapping on a 2L oil pump.
Take
> the old 1.8l pump off and I find no gasket.  No gasket came with the new
> pump either.  Check a few sources and no one seems to seel a gasket.  So
did
> VW go with no oil pump gasket.  Garanted the surfaces are fer clean and
> looks like they don't need one, but this seems odd to me.  So can anyone
> give me a difinitive answer on this?
>
> William Snyder
>
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
>
>
>
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