Windage tray + oil pump surge baffle fitment

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

Cool.  I am presently building a JH, so I will attempt this soon myself...  BTW, it LOOKS lighter...  They say to make something happen, first you have to concieve it...  Hopefully that will be enough...  ;-)

David
> 
> From: "koabi" <koabi@mcleodusa.net>
> Date: 2004/10/05 Tue PM 08:16:06 EDT
> To: <fahrvegnugen@cox.net>, 
> 	<Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: RE: Windage tray + oil pump surge baffle fitment
> 
> It looks like there is about 1 cm or so of overlap that would have to be
> cut off the oil pump baffle in order to use the 16v one in conjunction
> with the windage tray/oil pan gasket/shield.
> 
> It's a shame the ABA baffle I had completely disintegrated.
> 
> Anyway here is a pic of the engine.  I painted it an aluminum color so I
> can pretend that it's light when I have to carry it.
> 
> <http://www.starshadow.com/~koabi/photos/sciroccoproject/041003engine2.J
> PG>
> 
> Thanks for the feedback,
> koabi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Utley [mailto:fahrvegnugen@cox.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:28 AM
> To: koabi@seeohdee.com; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Windage tray + oil pump surge baffle fitment
> 
> 
> > 
> > From: "koabi" <koabi@mcleodusa.net>
> > Date: 2004/10/04 Mon PM 10:09:09 EDT
> > To: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Subject: Windage tray + oil pump surge baffle fitment
> > 
> > I have a 2.0 16v oil pump and baffle which will not seem to fit (the
> > baffle that is) with the OEM VW windage tray.  Is there a combination
> > that will work?  I would like to keep a baffle of some sort on the
> pump,
> > but if its useless, then I guess I'll pull it off...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > koabi
> 
> I have not done this yet, but I believe you can indeed use both.  The
> baffle will have to be modified of course.  I had planned to use a
> dremel to cut off the top of the baffle, the part that skims oil of the
> crank as it goes by.  AFAICT, this will work, but I have not done it
> yet...
> 
> I hope that helps a bit...
> 
> David
> 
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