New Engine... NO Oil Pressure!!!!

[maardak@yahoo.ca (Mark)]

I had the same problem after an engine swap last summer.  It ended up
being a defective oil filter (OEM dealer one too!).  I was SO pissed -
I ended up seizing the cam in the head.  It would initially have some
pressure, but went to almost zero within 10 seconds.

You might want to try swapping out the filter with another one lying
around - you never know!  

Mark
80 S
81 S


 --- Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have just
installed my freshly rebuilt 2.0 16v into my '80 rocco
> with
> so much excitement to hear it finally run for the first time!  But
> wait,
> what's this!?  My oil pressure gauge is reading 0.5 bar!!!???
> 
> I have checked all clearances before engine assembly, installed a NEW
> oil
> pump, and tried a few different oil pressure senders and gauges.  But
> when
> the engine is started, my gauge reads near 0 at idle and only up to
> about
> 0.5 bar at 2000rpm.  The engine has only been run for appx. 3-5
> minutes so
> far through my troubleshooting...
> 
> Tonight I installed the new oil pump with no improved results...
> after
> dropping the pan twice after 15 second engine starts, I inspected the
> crank and piston bores to see that they were very well covered in
> oil.
> After each test-start I cleaned the oil cap, only to find it covered
> in
> oil every time.  
> 
> I have tried installing a oil pressure sender on the top of the oil
> filter
> flange AND on the back side of the cylinderhead... but I basically
> get a
> reading of 0 bar.
> 
> The only thing I have left to try is to get a mechanical oil pressure
> gauge
> to see the real story... but I am afraid that I really DO have a
> low-pressure
> issue.  What else could be wrong!?
> 
> Any experience here would be soooo appreciated...
> 
> TIA!
> 
> 
> =====
> Benjamin Harder
> 86 Scirocco 16v
> 80 Scirocco (in seach of oil pressure!)
> 93 Passat GLX
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/vwtype53/
> 
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