Smelly oil, causes?

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

Oops, Rolling Roc now has 3.75 valves per cylinder I guess.

Rick Alexander
'87 MKII Rolling Roc
'86 Cabbie
'81 "S" MKI G60 in progress
'80 MKI (Parts)
'73 Baja Challenge car
'65 Brubaker Box
'62 Tuff Tubb dune buggy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Alexander" <ralexander03@SNET.Net>
To: "scirocco-L" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: Smelly oil, causes?


> Sounds to me like you cooked the oil. My 1.8 15v runs 110 deg. and the
water
> right on the led. Maybe you need to look into the cooling system some.
>
> Rick Alexander
> '87 MKII Rolling Roc
> '86 Cabbie
> '81 "S" MKI G60 in progress
> '80 MKI (Parts)
> '73 Baja Challenge car
> '65 Brubaker Box
> '62 Tuff Tubb dune buggy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
> To: "scirocco-L" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 8:16 PM
> Subject: Smelly oil, causes?
>
>
> > I took my oil pan and oil pump off today to put in the
> > new pump I bought due to the low oil pressure I've
> > been seeing, around .5 bar at idle, and 1.5 bar at
> > highway speeds, and the high oil temps @150 Celsius.
> > When I dropped the pan the oil smelled pretty nasty,
> > kind of burnt smell, didn't look unusual from any
> > other oil change color wise, just smelled funny.
> > So, do you think that I cooked the stuff a little too
> > much? I have the standard mileage on the oil, around
> > 3K. I didn't use anything unusual oil wise, Valvoline
> > 20W-50 full synthetic. There was about 1/2 quart shy
> > of the 4 that was suppose to be there, this I
> > attribute to the crappy gasket on the pan, which I'm
> > replacing with a rubber one. Engine has around 160,000
> > miles on it. The engine has been running fine, no odd
> > smells,no strange noises, no smoke from the exhaust,
> > no loss of HP, just the high temps, oil @150, water
> > between LED and white high mark.
> >
> > And as a side note are Schadek oil pumps worth a crap?
> > Because that's what I bought to save $50 off OEM.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > =====
> > Jeff Lowe
> > Garland, Texas
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