Another Oil Pressure Problem

[rapieper@yahoo.com ('Cheapass' Ron Pieper)]

All main and rod bearings can be changed with the engine in the car. 
So can the pump, no problem.  You need a 10mm wobbler socket (I like my
1/8" drive) to get to the last few pan bolts by the bellhousing.

Be sure you check your pressure both at the head and at the pump flange
to get a better idea of where any problems might lie.  IIRC your
existing pressure sender is at the pump, no?

BTW a 2.0L 16V pump works fine, I have one.  My local import FLAPS guy
(a VW nut) also supplies lots of area mechanics' shops, and has never
had a complaint about the Brazilian ones, so I have one of those and am
happy. 

Ron


--- Brad Sterling <bgsterling@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 	Had something weird happen with the '86 16v this weekend.  I was
> sitting in
> stop and go traffic and noticed the oil temp was up to about 120 -
> 125
> (usually sits just under 110) and the oil pressure, according to the
> 5 bar
> electrical gauge was reading about .3 bar (usually reads about .7
> bar).
> Water temp was just where it was supposed to be.  I hit some open
> road and
> the oil temp dropped to about 118, but that was still high.  I'm
> running
> 20w-50 dino oil and a stock oil filter from Potterman, BTW.  This
> weekend,
> I'm going to slap on a mechanical oil pressure gauge to make sure
> it's not a
> faulty sender/gauge, but I'm not hopeful.  What are the odds that the
> pressure and temp gauges started to die at the same time?  So, I'm
> thinking
> oil pump, but am listened closely to the Rick's comments earlier this
> week
> on sloppy bearings (rod bearings, right?) and oil squirter.  I'm a
> newbie to
> an engine's bottom end, so is there anything else I should be looking
> at?
> Can the oil pump, bearings and or oil squirter be dealt with while
> the
> engine is in the car?  Any BTDTs that people want to share?  Thanks
> in
> advance.
> 
> - Brad
> '86.5 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
> '76 International Scout II
> 
> 
> 
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=====
Cheapass Ron
'87 Scirocco 16Victor
Pet Peeve du jour:  It's GTI not GTi!!  Read the nameplate!  (US only)

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