Date:         Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:23:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
In-Reply-To:  <24E128B2-FC0E-4D91-B926-00A78AFD060A@eoni.com>
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Hi Jim,

I swapped the cover plate and both gears from one block to the other.
All the gears from the three engines looked basically identical to me at
the time, except for the wear on the face. The cover plate was installed
with a fresh gasket.

Will check pressure in the morning, and if it has to come apart then I
guess it will. Sure would be good to know what I did wrong; though it
would be better to find out it's an easy fix...

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

Jim Arnott wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Bummer.
>
> Did you change the gears? Or the whole oil pump or just the cover?  If
> pump or gears, then the OP shaft isn't engaging the slot in the end of
> the cam.  You can adjust the length of the shaft engagement by pressing
> the shaft deeper in the driven gear.
>
> Check for oil pressure. No pressure, it's gotta come back apart.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mar 6, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
>
>> Hi Jake,
>>
>> There's a pressure sensor down there? News to me. Only pressure sensor I
>> am familiar with on my vanagon is the sensor between the 3-4 cylinder
>> pushrod tubes.
>>
>> Haven't seen any stray wires disconnected either.
>>
>> FWIW, this is a 1.9 longblock wearing 2.1L cooling and FI hardware
>> installed into an '87 chassis.
>>
>> Happy Trails,
>>
>> Greg Potts
>> Toronto, Ontario Canada
>> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
>> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
>> www.busesofthecorn.com
>> www.pottsfamily.ca
>>
>>
>> Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>> Check the connector on the pressure sender down by the oil pump and
>>> crank pulley.  If you've left it off the blinking will not stop.  =)
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca
>
>