Date:         Wed, 10 May 2000 13:09:15 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Here's one to rack your brains............
Comments: To: DrVic955@aol.com

Vic;
        First thing that comes to mind is the sump feeder tube may have
come loose, hence the pump is not being fed.


Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
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On Tue, 9 May 2000 20:04:36 EDT Vic Ahmed <DrVic955@AOL.COM> writes:
>Listees,
>
>I have a problem here with a '85 Vanagon I picked up a few months ago,
>that
>was running extremely well until about 3 days ago. The vehicle has
>105K on
>it, about 4 month old heads, 4-speed, had great compression, didnt use
>any
>oil, ran cool, and I used it as a daily driver. I was driving down the
>freeway one evening, van ran smooth as silk, doing about 70, when all
>of a
>sudden the oil light came on! I instantly threw in the clutch and
>killed the
>engine, coasted off the exit and pulled into a gas station parking lot
>to
>assess the damage. Pulled the dipstick, nice and clean oil all upto
>the mark.
>No oil leaks, underside of the engine nice and dry............ Turned
>the
>key, thinking it was a bad sender, and the engine fired up instantly,
>however, horribly loud clacking from the lifters, and the oil light
>stayed
>on.............. Towed it back,  ran a pressure test on it, zero, so I
>pulled
>off the pressure relief valve, it fell out smoothly, and the spring
>was nice
>and strong, checked again, same thing. So I pulled off the oil pump,
>put in a
>brand new one, fired it up, same horrible clatter, so I checked the
>pressure
>again, ZERO!!!!!!!! What the ****??????? BTW, I use all OEM oil
>filters, so
>that's not a problem................Any ideas or suggestions would be
>highly
>appreciated, as this was a great running van, till now, and it's got
>me
>puzzled.  I sure dont want to tear the engine apart unless I
>absolutely have
>to.
>
>TIA,
>
>Vic Ahmed

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