At 3:17 PM -0800 2/28/00, Dave Bayer wrote: >Otmar Ebenhoech wrote: > > > > My friend is having a frustrating problem with his 82 diesel Westie > > that has a 2.0 GTI engine in it. The engine is mounted on the stock > > diesel mounts. > > > > After it sits for a week, the oil pressure will not come up for more > > than 30 seconds. It's not the sensor, the lifters rattle. > > Removing the oil filter mount and priming the pump makes it work again. > > For some reason the oil pump seems to be losing its prime. > >Does the right oil filter on the diesel have an anti-drain >back valve like the vanagon waterboxer oil filters >do? Is he using a filter with an anti-drain back vavle? >I would assume the engine is going to need such a filter... > >dave Several of you asked about/suggested the check valve in the oil filter. I forgot to say that he claims that he switched to a filter with a check valve in it, but I think that is worth revisiting. I'll tell him to try out a wasserboxer filter. -Otmar- 82/86 Stretch Vanagon Westfalia Syncro GTI. "Power of two" http://www.evcl.com/vw Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) |
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