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Oil pressure probs



That doesn't make a lot of sense, 10w30 is thinner than 20w50... isn't it?

-Raffi

At 12:08 PM 3/9/2003 -0600, ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
>depends on the temperature outside and what oil he is using, I had this
>issue when running 20w50, but dropped it at 10w30 and it went away, but it
>was summer time, and this indicated the need for a new oil pump, did the
>swap for a new one, and 20w50 in the engine and it all go away. now I am
>unsure what oil for summer time the OEM specs call for on a Jetta... but the
>diagnosic of it remains the same... could be as simple as a bad contact on
>the oil pressure sender too.
>
>
>ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
>
>
>=>-----Original Message-----
>=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of John Lagnese
>=>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:58 AM
>=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>=>Subject: Oil pressure probs
>=>
>=>
>=>Hi,
>=>One of my teaching colleague's Jetta III 8V is having an oil
>=>pressure prob.
>=>After 1/2 hour on highway there is a few seconds to 20 seconds of oil
>=>pressure light. Oil level is ok. Car is just under 100K.
>=>John
>=>
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