RE: Low oil pressure

2001-07-27 Thread Tom Coradeschi
t's OK and gages show that you have low oil pressure, you're looking at a rebuilt engine, at the very least a rebuilt bottom end (hopefully the cams aren't wiped out). Adding stuff to your oil ain't gonna fix a busted motor, I'm afraid. tom cora

Re: Low oil pressure

2001-07-27 Thread Tom Coradeschi
Steven Arguello wrote: What can be done about an oil pressure light that comes on 10 min into normal street driving and oil temp (around 200 F) between 2100 and 2900 rpm and eventually will be on all the time under 3000 rpm at 215 F. It doesn't seem to burn any oil and runs fine. I was thinkin

RE: Low oil pressure

2001-07-27 Thread jimvish
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RE: Low oil pressure

2001-07-27 Thread Darron Schneider
Step 1 would be to drop the pan and check for the infamous clogged pickup screen. Darron Schneider 89 Jetta GLI 16V 193k mi -Original Message- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:07:41 -0400 From: "Steven Arguello" Subject: Low oil pressure This is a multi-part message in M

Low oil pressure

2001-07-27 Thread Steven Arguello
What can be done about an oil pressure light that comes on 10 min into normal street driving and oil temp (around 200 F) between 2100 and 2900 rpm and eventually will be on all the time under 3000 rpm at 215 F. It doesn't seem to burn any oil and runs fine. I was thinking of those miracle-run-the-e