Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:57:34 -0800
Reply-To: Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
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From: Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
Subject: Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
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Hi Otmar -
After doing a Eurospec conversion recently I had to prime the pump (by
removing one of the plugs at the filter housing and squirting oil down the
hole) to get oil to the filter. Frightening. Afterward all was OK, 'til the
first oil change when the same thing happened again. Prime the pump and,
voila! Q: Are we talking about a gauge here, or light? Has pressure been
measured at the engine? If it's a gauge is it a long, long, hose to the
gauge, or a transducer at the engine?
When my infamous Eurospec was giving me trouble, it cranked for longer than
I was comfortable with, so I hooked up a testlight at the sender to
eliminate wiring/gauge as possibilities, still got the same results (light
on, wouldn't go out). So I loosened the filter and tried cranking - still no
oil. "Oh, ****"! Says I to meself. Thought of major blockages inside the
nice new 2.0 engine after days of installation... The first time was with
the VW brand oil filter that came with the engine, the second time with a
Mann equivalent, both have check valves.
What oil is he using? Could maybe try a heavier grade, or - as an
experiment - adding some STP oil treatment to up the viscosity.
Coby
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Otmar Ebenhoech
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 3:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
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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