OK, I normally have 45-50psi at speed, i.e. the engine is pretty tight. But when loaded up, i.e. pulling a long hill and rpms dropping, pressure drops pretty linearly and the buzzer sometimes goes off, not every time. As soon as I downshift, pressure rises, and tends to be about 10 psi per 1000K rpms, as I would expect. tx, bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan@mail.house.gov> > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:48:32 -0400 > To: "'Ben McCafferty'" <ben@kbmc.net>, "Dr. Rainer > Woitok"<WOITOK@RRZE.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE>, Ralf Kleineisel <ralf@kleineisel.de> > Cc: VW Syncro mailing list <Syncro@yahoogroups.com>, vanagon > <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > Subject: RE: Still doesn't add up, was: Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery , > resolved??? > > Ben, > > I think the .9 bar warning, at speed, is just that, a real warning of > possible catastrophic engine failure. > > The 2.0 bar minimum is the minimum operating spec for a normal engine. > Anything below this, and you still have low oil pressure, a problem for sure > but maybe not critical. > > Now, you may still be having a problem with the high pressure switch, if it > sets off at 1.4 bar or the similar. Still I think there is a problem with > the engine as well- 20 psi at speed doesn't sound good to me. I'd agree with > the Bentley, and want to see something like 30 psi. > > Good luck > > Tom F. > |
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