On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Brendan Slevin<totorovan@gmail.com> wrote: > Well now it just so happens that a 7 passenger syncro popped up on CL for > $500. ....
> The oil pressure light is supposed to come on under low pressure conditions > over 2000 rpm. That is where it would come on each time. I added some thick > like honey oil additive and carefully and gently drove it the 3 miles home > trying to keep it under 2000 rpm. > > The coolant light started flashing about halfway home with the needle having > barely moved off the bottom of the gauge. I stopped and checked the coolant, > everything seemed ok, for good measure I topped off both the expansion tank > that was a bit low and the pressurized tank that was also a bit low. Drove > the next mile home without incident. > > I didn't see any receipts for a new engine or rebuild, so at 164K, the > chances that this engine is due some rebuild love are very high. Definitely > a project, but I have the free 2.1 with 30k sitting there ready to seal back > up. It is now going in the Syncro instead of Totoro. Otherwise it drives, > shifts, sounds way better than Totoro. > > Oh, and it has a rear locker. [image: Happy] Woot woot! >
Great find man! re: oil pressure light. Doesn't the buzzer come on at 2K+ RPM if oil pressure low? Pretty sure it does. Maybe the two oil sending wires are reversed at engine? Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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