Re: Oil Pressure Issues

[ferret100@juno.com]

I have had a similar situation.  As it turned out, the problem with with
the oil pressure light itself.  At first I would blip the throttle, and
eventually started smacking  the dash and the light would go off. Bbut it
eventually got to the point where it never shut up (and my hand started
to hurt) so I replaced the instrument cluster.  No problems since. 
Granted, this may not help you, and probably isn't the best approach
(unless you have a oil pressure gauge like I do).  It may not hurt to
check the connections from the sender all the way to the gauge.  These
cars have so many electrical gremlins in them you never know what can
happen...  HTH

B.

'82 Scirocco (aka "Fritz")
'85 Jetta

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:25:16 -0600 "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>
writes:
>I've finally sorted nearly all of the miscellaneous problems that 10 
>years
>of neglect from the PO wreaked on my car. One has arisen though that 
>has me
>baffled.
>
>Car is an 87 Scirocco 16V. I bought it not running (well, badly 
>anyway...)
>and did a complete rebuild, top and bottom, of the motor. While I was 
>in it
>I replaced all the major components (oil + water pump, timing
>belt/tensioner) to bring it back up to "factory" specs.
>
>I have been driving it for about 500 miles now dialing in the 
>injection and
>timing and suddenly have encountered problems with oil pressure.
>
>PROBLEM: When cruising in traffic at around 2000 rpm (steady 
>throttle/light
>load) the oil pressure idiot light and chime come on.
>
>Clutching and blipping the throttle up over 3k temporarily corrects 
>the
>problem.
>
>Idling, even at 2k or higher revs, with no load on the motor, does not
>manifest this behavior. Nor does moderate or full throttle 
>acceleration, or
>steady throttle operation at >2500 rpm, such as highway driving.
>
>Since this car is intended to be my wife's daily driver, and the daily 
>drive
>is exactly where this behavior occurs, it is immensely frustrating.
>
>As I mentioned, I already have a new oil pump in it, so I am skeptical 
>to
>blame a weak pump. Anyone care to venture a yes or no to that idea?
>
>I have also noticed that the oil temperature runs higher than in my 
>previous
>16V, or any of my other 8v cars. Most of them are rock steady at 100 
>C, this
>one runs just a shade over 110 C. Related?
>
>Also the water temp on this car is running toward the hot end as well. 
>Also
>related?
>
>I am tempted to put an oil pressure gauge in to see if the pressure is
>really low but am too cheap just yet.
>
>Alternately, has anyone experienced a failed sending unit that would 
>mimic
>this pattern? Common? Possible?
>
>TIA
>
>tiAn
>87 16V
>stuff.
>
>
>
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