Otmar Ebenhoech wrote:
>
> My friend is having a frustrating problem with his 82 diesel Westie
> that has a 2.0 GTI engine in it. The engine is mounted on the stock
> diesel mounts.
>
> After it sits for a week, the oil pressure will not come up for more
> than 30 seconds. It's not the sensor, the lifters rattle.
> Removing the oil filter mount and priming the pump makes it work again.
> For some reason the oil pump seems to be losing its prime.

Does the right oil filter on the diesel have an anti-drain
back valve like the vanagon waterboxer oil filters
do? Is he using a filter with an anti-drain back vavle?
I would assume the engine is going to need such a filter...

dave