Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:30:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Otmar Ebenhoech <otlists@EVCL.COM>
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From:         Otmar Ebenhoech <otlists@EVCL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
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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"
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