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No oil pressure - now what?
On the filter gasket, I found that by using VW or Mann oil filters this
solved the problem.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:00 PM
Subject: No oil pressure - now what?
>I finished a bunch of work on the '86 last week - new
> injector o-rings, timing belt, tensioner, 1.6 cam, engine
> mounts etc. Drove it a couple days and....
>
> Monday I actually drove to work (it was chilly dammit) and
> just a scant 10 seconds or so after leaving the driveway,
> the oil light & buzzer came on. Drove for another 3-4
> seconds 'til I crested the hill, and shut her down and
> coasted into the parking lot. What was left of the engine
> oil was dripping from the filter.
>
> Investigation revealed that the seal on the filter had
> blown, rather than the expected oil cooler-to-oil bracket
> assembly o-ring. Easy fix I would think - replace the
> filter, re-fill with oil and things should be fine.
>
> Nope.
>
> Did the repair in the parking lot this evening, fired it up
> and still get the oil light, and when above 2k rpm, the
> buzzer. No leaks this time. (Thanks Ben for pushing it
> over the crest of the hill to the hangar btw!)
>
> I don't have an oil pressure gage in the car (yet) as I've
> not transferred it from the now-dead '85. However, I'm
> inclined to believe the idiot light, erring on the side of
> caution.
>
> So, short of trying to hook up a gage to tell for sure,
> what do I do now? If I'm truly not getting pressure, why,
> and what can I do about it?
>
> Any suggestions appreciated, as I'm stumped for now.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco 16v '88 Scirocco Slegato
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts -
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
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