low oil pressure?

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

About 20 miles ago

On 2/15/07, Lance LaPrarie <sciroccojunky@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Ben,
>
> when was the last time you had an oil change? Mine did that when I got
> close
> to 3k and an oil change. With new oil it stopped.
>
> The below info works too. An oil pressure gauge is always a good idea. If
> I
> had one before my first rebuild would have been enough. I'm getting some
> new
> autometer gauges installed next week. Volts, Oil temp and Oil pressure.
> This
> way I'll be able to catch any issues early and prevent another meltdown.
>
>
> I've never personally known anyone to have an oil pump crap out. 8v or
> 16v.
>
> I'll be interested in what you find out. Hope it's thinning oil and not
> the
> pump.
>
>
>
> On 2/14/07, Ben Walter <toofast4you89@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hello everyone,
> >
> > to my horror i report a constant lifter "tick" noise upon start up of
> car,
> > for about 5-10 minutes.  this weekend i plan to hook up a pressure gauge
> > to
> > test my fears.  any thoughts before i order a new pump?
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)