I am trying to remember if they are standard o rings or if the have a special profile

You want the right parts here as this is critical engine function. Skip the additives and stop leaks, that won’t help here.

Take a good look at the linkage to make sure it isn’t binding.

Then pop off the snorkel off and clean that TB!

Danger Will Robinson !!

Cold oil is thick and that pressure doesn’t seem out of line. An air cooled VW with a puny oil pump will run 50-60 psi at cold start.

No worries. Are you running a 10-30 or 10-40 oil?

It’s just happy that it doesn’t have OBD A bit of lube in the key cylinder? Terminal S in the key triggers the chime So do I put lube on the key and just jam it in and out a few times? Or do I just use one of those needleless syringes to inject lube? I assume terminal S is controlled by one of the ...

Edit- just realized there's a p1 'wdydtyvt' thread, sorry if I've been spamming this one

The authorities have been notified. I sure like seeing you in a shop vs thst clutch job outside in New England winter smacnabb

It was probably that intake manifold leak that caused the misfire

Scored one for $600. These are awesome btw. Much better than the other crap I looked at.

Dog approved

I played with my key last night. The minute the key touches the plate in the lock the chime starts.I’ll guess your lock cylinder is grounded somehow from old age.

“When the chimes stop. Pick up your gun. Colonel.,just try”

Make sure she gets a new timing belt with each new pump..

Seriously, best wishes for good health in 2026

Have you looked for a diagram of the Read system and cooling group? I’ll see if Alldata has one and post I believe your3.2 is like my xc90 3.2 with the water pump being driven by pins on the power steering pump. Repair and replace is about 3 hours book time. From your description it looks like the w...