VACUUM PUMP PIVOT PIN OIL LEAK REPAIR

SOME 1983 CAVALIERS ASSEMBLED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 4, 1982, MAY EXHIBIT OIL LEAKAGE FROM THE PIVOT PIN HOLE OF THE MECHANICAL VACUUM PUMP. PROCESSING CHANGES AT THE SOURCE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION AND SUSPECT VACUUM PUMPS, P/N 7840552, HAVE BEEN PURGED FROM WDDGM STOCK. OIL LEAKAGE FROM THE VACUUM PUMP PIVOT PIN MAY RESULT IN OIL ACCUMULATION ON THE ENGINE OIL PAN RAIL AND CAN BE INCORRECTLY DIAGNOSED AS A SOIL PAN OR MAIN SEAL LEAK. ON VEHICLES SUSPECTED OF LEAKING OIL IN THE AREAS NOTED ABOVE AND ASSEMBLED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 4, 1982, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP BE INSPECTED FOR LEAKAGE PRIOR TO INITIATING ANY OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION.

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